EditorialSaucer with the arms of the Vereinigte K?niglich-Preussische Bengalische Companie (zu) Emden, Oval porcelain dish with ribbed wall and scalloped edge, painted on the glaze in red and gold. On the shelf the coat of arms of the Vereinigte K?niglich-Preus...
EditorialGrasses 4, Fig. 1: Panicum compositum from Zeylon, Fig. 2: A new species, hitherto unknown, first described by Mr. Houttuyn under the name Phleum indicum, belonging to the genus Lieschgr?ser, also shown here for the first time., 3: Alopecurus agrestis ...
EditorialCotton bedspread with a fish and hunting scene in yellow embroidery, imitation Bengali embroidery, Cotton bedspread, quilted, quilted and embroidered with yellow silk. The pattern has a circle in the midfield within which an Eastern monarch (turban and...
EditorialBengali groom is led on horseback to bride, A Bengali groom is led on horseback to his bride surrounded by torchbearers and musicians. Fireworks are lit in the background. Print numbered top right: 60, (civil) marriage ceremonies (variant), meeting of ...
EditorialLates calcarifer, Print, The barramundi (Lates calcarifer) or Asian sea bass, is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from South Asia to Papua Ne...
EditorialCopsychus pica, Print, Magpie-robin, The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for C. malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus. They were formerly in the thrush fa...
EditorialCopsychus pica, Print, Magpie-robin, The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for C. malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus. They were formerly in the thrush fa...
EditorialCopsychus pica, Print, Magpie-robin, The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for C. malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus. They were formerly in the thrush fa...
EditorialLeptoptilos dubius, Print, The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa. Once found widely across southern Asia, mainly in India bu...
EditorialLates calcarifer, Print, The barramundi (Lates calcarifer) or Asian sea bass, is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from South Asia to Papua Ne...
EditorialCopsychus macrourus, Print, Magpie-robin, The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for C. malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus. They were formerly in the thru...
EditorialLates calcarifer, Print, The barramundi (Lates calcarifer) or Asian sea bass, is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from South Asia to Papua Ne...
EditorialCopsychus pectoralis, Print, Magpie-robin, The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for C. malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus. They were formerly in the thr...
EditorialHook-swinging festival ‘(charak puja)’ being held in an open space in front of a large European-style house. 1807 - 1809. Watercolour. Charak puja is a traditional Bengali Hindu festival, dedicated strictly to penance. Source: Add.Or.17.
EditorialThe sheep lover: a courtesan holding a rose in her right hand and leading a sheep with a human head. N.B. 'A Sheep Husband', a phrase employed at Bengali weddings for taunting or teasing the bridegroom, but perhaps also used for satirizing female domin...
EditorialHook-swinging festival ‘(charak puja)’ being held in an open space in front of a large European-style house. 1807 - 1809. Watercolour. Charak puja is a traditional Bengali Hindu festival, dedicated strictly to penance. Source: Add.Or.17.
EditorialA Bengali musician. 1865. Bengali gallant seated on a chair playing a tambura. Watercolour. Originally published/produced in 1865. . Source: Add.Or.1877,.
EditorialA group of Lascars (sailors). They are described as Bengali, Malay and Siamese. The Asiatic in England; sketches of sixteen years' work among Orientals. With a preface by H. Venn, and an introduction by R. M. Hughes... London, 1873. A group of Lascars ...
EditorialThe sheep lover: a courtesan holding a rose in her right hand and leading a sheep with a human head. N.B. 'A Sheep Husband', a phrase employed at Bengali weddings for taunting or teasing the bridegroom, but perhaps also used for satirizing female domin...
EditorialTwo men imprisoned for giving aid to travellers in Tibet. Portrait of two Tibetans. In his book, India and Tibet (1910) p.307, Younghusband writes: 'The Sha-pés then produced two men who had been imprisoned owing to assistance they had given to Sarat ...
EditorialHook-swinging festival ‘(charak puja)’ being held in an open space in front of a large European-style house. 1807 - 1809. Watercolour. Charak puja is a traditional Bengali Hindu festival, dedicated strictly to penance. Source: Add.Or.17.
EditorialBengali, from the Song Birds of the World series (N23) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1890, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Trade cards from the 'Song Birds of the World' series (N23), issued in 1890 in a set of 50 c...
EditorialBridge at Blenheim Palace (recto); York Cathedral (verso), 18th?19th century, Watercolor and gouache over graphite, sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 11/16 in. (17.5 x 27.1 cm), Drawings, Hubert Cornish (British, Teignmouth 1757?1832), A skilled amateur watercolorist,...
EditorialBedcover, 1725?50, British, Silk and metal-wrapped thread on linen, L. 79 x W. 67 1/2 inches (200.7 x 171.5 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, In addition to yellow-on-white Bengali embroideries made for export were Indian polychrome examples made for European...
EditorialIndian Trades and Occupations A Group of Six Bengali Plaster Figures mid 19th Century of Trades and Occupations, the Bodies Plaster and Clothes Made of Linen and Cloth on Circular Wood Bases A Group of Six Figures of Bengali Trades and Occupations, unk...
EditorialBRAHMINS OF BENGAL, INDIA. Hinduism Brahmin is a term in the traditional Hindu societies of India and Nepal.Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the east region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is main...
EditorialA scene from the legend of Gazi, riding a tiger. One of the 57 registers of a scroll-painting telling the story of a local Bengali pir or Muslim saint who fought demons, overpowered dangerous animals and had power over tigers, abilities important to se...