EditorialRama tours his kingdom. Rama is seen summoning the Pushpaka chariot on the left and disembarking the chariot on the right. Rama discovers a shudra practising penance and kills him by cutting off his head. The gods approve and shower him with flowers. R...
EditorialNegative - Practising Horse Tricks, Merrigum, Victoria, circa 1920, A man kneeling on the back of a horse. The horse has its front feet up on a crate. Another man stands in front. The men are wearing hats typical of the Edwardian era.
EditorialQuadrilles - Practising for Fear of Accidents. Isaac Robert Cruikshank (English, 1789-1856); published by J. Sidebotham (English, active 1802-1820). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 230 ? 340 mm (image); 250 ? 350 mm (sheet cut within plate mark). Hand-colored ...
EditorialVillagers practising archery with long bows and a target on a Sunday. After a painting of the Dutch school, 17th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagne's Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d'Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903.
EditorialThe story of the Ganges. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. In the bottom left of the folio Rama asks Visvamitra to tell him the story of the river Ganges. In the centre of this folio Himavat, the Lord of the mountains, is seated on a throne on an ic...
EditorialUpper illustration, practising with cross-bow. Lower illustration, cross-bow shooting at the butts. The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations may games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and ...
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