So, what we saw was that the recent #IndiaPakistanConflict was mainly intense during the nights
Which brings me to this c1750 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Awadh #India on the forthcoming Bonhams sale of 22nd May, 2025
'A Prince Defending a Maiden and a group of terrified Sadhus from a group of Hunters, perhaps Bhils, who approach a hermitage at night'
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Painting #History #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodons
'A Prince Drinks Water Drawn from a Well by Village Maidens'
On #WorldWaterDay (March 22)
c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh sold by Sothebys on March 20 for $ 9525
Another good news as summers approach: #Mangoes on the tree are almost ripe for harvesting!
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Art #History #Heritage #WaterDay #Mango #Entertainment #IndianHistory #MughalArt #Painting #SummerVibes #SummerTime #ArtOfTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt
#OnThisDay Nelson #Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in #SouthAfrica (1990)
Birth Anniversary of Thomas Edison (1847) - one of the greatest #Inventors of all time.
The Kingdom of #Awadh was annexed by the British East India Company (1856)
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Happy Birthday Jennifer Aniston (1969).
A Princess with Attendants Picnicking in Open as the #Delhi weather improves
c1750 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh from the Davis Album now at the Metropolitan #Museum of #Art
Theodore Davis was an American lawyer & businessman best known for excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings between 1902 & 1913. His collection was bequeathed to #TheMet upon his death in 1913
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #MastoArt #Histodons #Entertainment
Commissioned by Nawab Asaf al-Daula of #Awadh as a part of a famine relief project in 1784 CE, the Bara Imambara at #Lucknow #India is an important place of celebration by #Shia #Muslims during #Muharram
This c1800 CE #CompanyPainting of the Complex is now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art, New York #TheMet
Martyrdom of #imamhussain at #karbala
#MastoArt #Histodons #artoftheday #IndianHeritage #Painting #ArtHistory #Artist #Heritage #History #Paintings #IndianHistory #Religion #Islam
Courtly Ladies (12) & a Child Gather at a Fountain in a Lush Landscape in this c1770 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Farrukhabad #Awadh #India now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art USA
#TheMet
A Tree with Ripened #Mango Fruit (the King of Fruits) can be seen on the right
#IndianHeritage #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Histodons #Painting #Heritage #History #ArtHistory #Artist #artoftheday #Paintings #Entertainment #LeisureTime
#Hindu God Lord #Krishna Dancing before Radha, Female Musicians Standing by
c1780 CE Provincial #Mughal #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Awadh (?) depicting Vasanta Ragani sold by Bonhams on Oct 23, 2018 for £11,875
#IndianClassicalMusic #IndianHeritage #Art #artoftheday #Hinduism #Heritage #History #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons #Paintings #Religion #Music #Musicians
Inscribed Lieutenant Colonel Daly, this c1850 CE #Painting from #Awadh or #Bengal could be either Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly of the 4th Light Dragoons (1842-46) or his son Sir Henry Dermot Daly who was awarded the rank in 1859 with Hodson's Horse irregular cavalry
From the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct 2023
#Art #IndianHistory #Histodons #History #MastoArt #BritishInIndia #britishempire #EastIndiaCompany #IndianHeritage #Heritage #MilitaryHistory #ArtHistory
Whew! #Delhi is so hot right now at 45°c
I wish I had the luxury of a swimming pool like these ladies have in this c1780 CE Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh #India auctioned by Sotheby's on 24th April 2024 for £6350
#IndianHeritage #Artist #Paintings #Art #History #Mughal #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage #IndianHistory #Painting #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SummerVibeChallenge #HeatWave #SummerTime #NewDelhi
'An Indian Dancing Girl' from #Faizabad #Awadh with #Hookah
1772 CE #Painting by #Artist Tilly Kettle, the first prominent British artist to operate in #India
From the Paul Melon collection now at Yale Center for British #Art USA
Now watching #HeeraMandi which premieres on #Netflix is the story of these 'Nautch Girls' & the struggle for #Indian Independence from the #British rule
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Paintings #BritishInIndia #Heritage #Histodons #History #Entertainment
A Noblewoman Seated on a Terrace Listening to #Music
This c1730 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Delhi is on Bonhams sale of May 21, 2024
This #MughalArt #Painting is originally from an Album put together in #Lucknow #Awadh #India in the 1780s & was in collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th century
#Artist #IndianHeritage #Histodons #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #Art #MastoArt #Paintings
Moon Sighting at the end of #Ramadan
"Hilal-i-Eid bar auj-i-falak huwaida shud".
(The new moon of #Eid has appeared in the sky)
Standing on ramparts of #RedFort #Delhi these words were uttered by the #Mughal ruler #Jahangir to his wife #NurJahan in c1605 AD
#EidUlFitr #EidMubarak to everyone.
This c1800 CE #MughalArt style #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh is now at Ashmolean #Museum UK.
#IndianHistory #Art #Artist #Histodons #Heritage #History #MastoArt #IndianHertitage
Here's wishing #EidMubarak to all those celebrating today.
As the month of #Ramadan (#Islamic fasting month) comes to an end, #Muslims worldwide thank the Almighty by offering prayers at Mosques & #Eid celebrations.
This c1750 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh #India is now at the Smithsonian #Museums, National #Asian #Art #Museum USA
#IndianHertitage #Artist #Painting #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Heritage #Mughal #History #Religion #Islam #Muslim
Into the 20th year on this day of my Dad departing to his Heavenly Abode...
My life hasn't been easy ever since.
Dad, I miss you so much.
'A Father and Son'
c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from from #Lucknow #Awadh #UttarPradesh #India from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christies Inc on 27th Oct 2023.
#Remembrance #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Histodons #History #Heritage #Artist #Art #MastoArt #Painting
Today the #Islamic #Festival of #Ramadan or #Ramzan begins
So, wishing #RamadanKareem or #RamzanMubarak to all those celebrating
"Shah Alam the #Mughal ruler at #Delhi with sons at play & giving an audience to Muzaffir Diler Khan & another prince"
c1730 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh #India on Bonhams sale on 20th March 2024 ($15,000)
#Art #Painting #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Muslim #Celebration
An Amorous Encounter at a Well.
This c1760 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from from #Lucknow or #Faizabad in #Awadh #India will be on Bonhams sale on March 20, 2024, estimate $ 8,000-12,000.
A popular subject in the 18th century probably inspired by the romantic lores of Shahid-Wafa & Mohana Rani-Chel Batao
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Art #Painting #MastoArt #Paintings #IndianCulture #Romance #Stories #Entertainment
Women Enjoying the River at a Forest's Edge under a #Mango Tree on #InternationalWomensDay
(Note the #Mangoes in varying stages of ripeness)
c1765 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh or #Murshidabad #Bengal #India in the style of #Artist Hunhar II now at Cleveland #Museum of #Art USA
Happy #WomensDay to all the glorious ladies
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artists #Histodons #Art #Paintings #Museums #Entertainment
A Group of Ladies Approaching a #Yogini (female #Yoga practitioner) at a Shrine in a Forest at Night.
c1750 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting now at Victoria and Albert #Museum #London
From #Murshidabad #Bengal or #Lucknow #Awadh (?).
Lavish use of #Gold pigments by the #Artist for the perfect night lighting!
#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Mughal #Paintings #Museums #History #Heritage #Histodons #IndianCulture #Hinduism #Religion #India #Painting #MastoArt
A Woman Lying on the Ground Venerating.
From an album made for Colonel Antoine Polier in c1770 CE.
Sold by Sotheby's on Apr 25, 2018 for £25,625.
One of the greatest early collector of #Indian #Art, Polier began his career in #India as a Surveyor in the #EastIndiaCompany in 1758 before becoming the Chief Engineer of the #BengalArmy at #Calcutta #Bengal and finally, Chief Architect for the #Awadh Kingdom at Lucknow where an album of Indian #Paintings known as the Polier Album was assembled.
Caste and patriarchy – how to read the ‘Ramcharitmanas’ of Tulsidas today
Tulsidas was a religious poet and not a historian. His primary concern is not to record history, in the modern sense, but to reveal the nature of god.
#ramcharitmanas #casteism #patriarchy #caste #HinduMythology #ramayana #awadh #CasteViolence #hinduism #dalits #india #books #bookstodon
