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THE ROBBINS COLLECTION OF THE INDIAN PRINCELY STATES: PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS, & OBJECTS

Paintings possibly Khushala and Gaudhu. This set of paintings was made for Sansar Chand 15001 Painting, , Pahari of Kangra and given by his son to the Composite Man Made of Birds ruler of Tehri Garhwal. Chamba, ca. 1730 15008 Painting, India, Pahari 15002 Painting, India, Pahari The Union of and Shiva and the Ganas Fight for Banasura Kangra, ca. 1775-81 against Krishna, and Garuda Leaf from a Gita series Chamba, ca. 1780 see ACSAA # 15007 From an usha- series painted by a member of the Pandit Seu family. 15009 Painting, India, Pahari Shiva, Parvati and Nandi 15003 Painting, India, Pahari Mandi, ca. 1740 Single-Handedly Defeats an Enemy Shiva is shown with the features of Army Shamsher Sen. In Mandi, the Guler, ca. 1790 royal atelier often portrayed deities with the features of the ruler. 15004 Painting, India, Pahari Shiva-Shakti 15010 Painting, India, Pahari Guler, early 19th century The Goddess Mandi, ca. 1740 15005 Painting, India, Pahari The Demon Maricha Sends a Rain of 15011 Painting, India, Pahari Blood and his Demon Army to Torment Matsyavatara Rescues The Four the Sage Visvamitra Who Is Protected by From A Rakshasa and Laksmana Mankot, ca. 1710 Hindur , mid-19th century Gouache, from a Series or Gouache, from a Series Purana. This painting is painted in the of the 15006 Painting, India, Pahari first Mankot (now in Krishna Kills the Demoness Putana by the Chandigarh Museum) even to the red Sucking her Poisoned Breasts border with black and white rules. Kangra, circa 1790 Though the Bhagavata Purana paintings By a master of the Pandit Seu family were in the Mankot royal collection, some Gouache, from a Bhagavata Purana series. scholars think they were brought there as Drawing heightened by light color washes part of the dowry of a Basohli princess. Pandit Seu and his descendants over several generations produced 15012 Painting, India, masterpieces in the courts of Basohli, Akrura's Vision of Krishna as God Chamba, Guler, Kangra and other Pahari School, ca. 1610 states. Leaf from Bhagavata Purana Series

15007 Painting, India, Pahari 15013 Painting, India, Rajasthan The Sorrow of Krishna The Lovers' Embrace Kangra, ca. 1775-81 Attributed to Chokha Leaf from a Gita Govinda series painted Devgarh or Mewar, ca. 1815 by members of the Pandit Seu family, Gouache It is possible that the in the Maharana of Mewar refused to let him painting is Amar Singh, the son of marry a daughter promised to his late Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar. predecessor. The princess finally committed suicide to preserve the honor 15014 Painting, India, Rajasthan of all participants. Coat-of-Arms of a Thikana (estate) within 15017 Painting, India, Rajasthan Dundlod Kesri Singh and Party Engaged in Mortal In order to create a hierarchical feudal Combat with aristocracy under the Queen-Empress, Sub-style, ca. 1750 coats-of-arms were created for and by the and even their nobles. This one 15018 Painting, India, Rajasthan shows an ancestral warrior, the god Durga Slaying Demons Krishna, and a castle or fort. Kotah, early 18th century Just as their British overlords challenged the princes' assumed prerogatives and 15019 Painting, India, Rajasthan symbols of power, the princes often Chained Bull Elephant Surrounded by challenged plays for power and prestige by Calves their nobles. The of Dundlod was Kotah, early 18th century chastised by the Jaipur for describing his home as a castle rather than 15020 Painting, India, Rajasthan a fort. He still kept the address "Dundlod Equestrian Portrait of Maharao Ram Castle" on his stationery but crossed out Singh II "castle" in correspondence with Jaipur. Kotah, ca. 1850-60 The structure was originally built in 1750 as a fort and not used as a residence until 15021 Painting, India, Rajasthan 1809. Today it is both a residence and a Radha's Tryst with Krishna hotel. Mewar, 1719 Attributed to 15015 Painting, India, Rajasthan Gouache from a satsai of Bihari series An Elephant Attacked by Disease in the The large series of paintings is based on Form of a Multi-Headed Striped Demon 700 couplets, often in the form of Jaipur, 1824 alamkaras, figures of speech such as Page from a manuscript of the Gaja Salote similes and metaphors. (Elephant Manual) written by Shyam Vaid for Rao Asi Singh of Muktapur who 15022 Painting, India, Rajasthan presented it to Maharaja Ram Singh of Maharana Sangram Singh II (r. 1710-1734) Jaipur in 1824. Mewar, ca. 1720 The manuscript includes a treatise on elephant anatomy, recognition and 15023 Painting, India, Rajasthan treatment of elephant diseases, and Maharana Sangram Singh II at The descriptions of elephants from different Chaugan Watching the Tame Elephant parts of India. Raj Gak Defeating a Tiger Mewar, ca. 1725 15016 Painting, India, Rajasthan An inscription on the reverse names the Throws Herself in the Sacrificial Fire horse rider as Ram Singh and the nobles of Her Father Daksha to Avenge a Slight as Rao Bakhat Singh, Maharaja Pratap to Her Husband Shiva Singh, Pancholi Kishandas, Tuar Kishan Jodhpur, ca. 1825 Singh, Chauhan Zoravar Singh, and This painting was done for Maharaja Man Sakhavat Shyam Singh. Singh II who felt slighted when the 15024 Painting, India, Rajasthan Deccani Paintings and Drawings Rawat Jaswant Singh, Chundavat of Devgarh, Smoking a Hookah 15028 Painting, India, Deccan Uniara, ca. 1765 Voyeurism and Masturbation at a Drug Jaswant Singh ruled Devgarh (r. 1737-76), Party a Mewar estate. The Chundawats were , ca. 1680 descendants of Chunda, eldest son of Lakha who gave up right to 15029 Painting, India, Deccan succession as Mewar's ruler to his Ascetic beneath the Tree, Whose "Fruit" younger brother. Devgarh's powerful Were the People and Animals Grown to nobles were often at odds with the Populate his Alternate Universe Maharanas of Mewar. Maharana Ari Deccan, ca. third quarter 17th century Singh of Mewar made an unfortunate The inscriptions, read as "Iswar Nath" pun about a personal defect of Jaswant and "Akash Briccha", may be later. Singh, which led to the latter's support of the pretender Ratan Singh. A scene 15030 Painting, India, Deccan depicting a white-haired Jaswant Singh is Mythical Bird from Astrological Treatise well known. Deccan, ca. 1750 This painting comes from a volume 15025 Painting, India, Rajasthan generally attributed to state. Dalpat Singh of Deolia Rajasthan, ca. 1840 15031 Painting, India, Deccan Dalpat Singh, grandson of the chief of Laksmana and his Wife Partabgarh, was adopted by the childless Deccan, ca. 1800 Maharawal Jaswant Singh of Dungapur. This lively devotional piece is decorated When Jaswant Singh was captured and with swiggles that spell out "Rama". dethroned by rebellious chiefs and Bhils, Dalpat Singh became regent. When 15032 Painting, India, Deccan Dalpat Singh succeeded his grandfather as Babhruvahana Shoots the “Ardha ruler of Partapgarh in 1844, Dungapur's Candrakrti Vana“ to Vrsaketu nobles protested that his power was too "Paithan" painting, mid-19th century great since he controlled two states. They Painting used by a wandering bard forced him to adopt the son of the Thakur (chitrakathi) at public performances. of Sabli to whom the Dungapur gaddi This is a folk painting, meant to be held passed, though Dalpat Singh tried to up during public performances. The continue to control both states. crude forcefulness in execution is typified Eventually the English removed him by the use of betal nut juice spat at the from power in Dungapur. painting to simulate blood. These The inscription refers to him as dewan paintings have generally been attributed or prime minister. The location Deolia to a place in called Paithan, refers to Partapgarh. which was then part of .

15026 Painting, India, Rajasthan Other Paintings & Drawings Puja Rajputana, possibly Nathdvara or Mewar 15033 Painting, India, Northern India Krishna's Attack on 's Citadel, 15027 Painting, India, Rajasthan Pragjyotisa Three Men possibly Palam, ca. 1520-30 Rajputana, late 19th century Gouache, from The "Palam" Bhagavata The three man have Ramanaditilak Purana Illustrating Book X Chapter 59. marks. 15034 Painting, India drawings are incised with an iron stylus Battle Scene from The Ramayana and then color is applied. "", ca. 1620-40 The term "Malwa" is a generic term used 15038 Painting, India for paintings done in the 17th and 18th Coat of Arms century. Attribution to particular courts From an unidentified Indian State. is still problematic. At its greatest extent during Mughal times, the term “Malwa” Shadow Figures included part of Rajputana and sometimes even parts of . 15039 Painting, India During the Raj, the term "Malwa Agency" “Tholu Bommalatta“ Style Shadow referred to part of but did Figure of Ravana not include Datia, Narsingarh, and Rajgarh. "Malwa" paintings have Ht: 68” sometimes been attributed to the ateliers This style often utilizes larger than life- of these states. size shadow figures.

15035 Painting, India 15040 Painting, India Krishna Bests the Jealous Brahma as “Togalu Gombe Atta” Style Shadow Described in Book X of The Bhagavata Figure of Nav Nari Kunjar, a Composite Purana Elephant Made Up of Nine Women "Malwa", ca. 1700 Such a composite elephant was 15036 Painting, produced by the to keep Krishna Krishna Is Besieged at by from leaving. The lead rider could be Kalayanvana and his Army of Mlechchas Krishna but he is bending a bow like that [Barbarians] Including a Redcoat with a of Kamadeva, the God of , who has Bow and Arrow also been portrayed on just such an Kathmandu, ca. 1775-1800 elephant. The second rider seems to have Gouache, from a Bhagavata Purana Series wings and may be Garuda rather than illustrating Book X Chapter 59. Balarama. Though Nepal never became part of the British Indian , the Maharaja of Copy Photographs, Book Reproductions Nepal was listed in some books as an & Newspaper Illustrations Indian prince. The noble families of Nepal have long intermarried with 15041 Photography, India princely families within India. The Princes on Elephants Passing the Jumma Masjid 15037 Painting, India Photo source: Bourne and Shepherd, Coupling from an Erotic Palm Leaf Coronation Durbar 1903 . Manuscript The 1903 coronation durbar in Delhi was possibly Orissa, 19th century a huge assemblage in honor of Edward This palm leaf comes from an VII's coronation as of India. The unidentified manuscript without a Maharaja of , the of Shehr known colophon. Apparently the names and Mohalla, the of , used do not correspond with those in the and the son of the Maharaja of are Kamasutra. Estimates of its age range followed by a seemingly endless from late seventeenth to nineteenth procession. The Sultan came from the century. Such palm leaves were buried, Aden , then part of the Indian seasoned, and dried. Writing and Empire. 15042 Reproduction Photography, India illustrated with over 200 portrait : Young Princes Play Lava and photographs. Kush in a School Play Before the mutiny, the British had tried to Rajkumar College, Rajkot break the nobles' stranglehold on the land Photo source: Forty Years of the of . After the British annexed Rajkumar College , a seven volume Awadh and the Mutiny threatened their commemorative keep-sake, compiled by power, they saw the same nobles as a H.H. Sir Bhavsinhi, Maharaja of bulwark against popular discontent and , ca. 1910. helped them retain and regain power.

15043 Drawing, India 15046 Photography, India H.H. Sawai Maharaja Sir Ranjore Singh Nawab Bahawal ( 1883 - 1907) Bahadur Kcie Bahawalpur Photo Source: Bourne and Shepherd, Line illustration from A. Vadivelu The Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903 Ruling Chiefs Nobles & of India , Madras: G.C. Loganadham Bros., 15047 Photography, India 1915 (Illustration between pages 310-311) Durbar of Jaswant Singh The title Sawai Maharaja is usually Bharatpur, ca. 1862 associated with the rulers of a much Photo Source: Firm of Shepherd, larger state, Jaipur. The Robertson, ca. 1862 dynasty of Ajaigarh were descendants of Jaswant Singh succeeded to the gaddi as of Panna. Though the title is an infant in 1853. The number of small of Mughal vintage, it was confirmed and children who reigned was very large recognized by the British at the 1877 Delhi during the nineteenth century. The firm Imperial Assemblage. of Shepherd, Robertson was soon absorbed into what became Bourne and 15044 Photography, India Shepherd, one of the leading and most Maharaja Jai Singh with Members of the prolific of photography firms specializing Council and Colonel Fagan, The Political in Indian princes and scenery. Agent 15048 Photography, India Photo source: Bourne and Shepherd, “ and Tank Built by Rajah Bulman Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903 Singh Goverdhun” After a long series of disputes, Maharaja Bharatpur Jai Singh was finally exiled by the British The town of Govardhan is known for its after he set his polo pony on fire. 16th c. Harideva Temple and cenotaphs of the . Krishna is said to have 15045 Photography, India held up Mount Govardhan to protect Muhammed Ahmed Khan, Taaluqdar of people from rains sent by Indra. Kasmandi Khurd, and Babu Mahesh Bakhsh, Taaluqdar of Dhayanwan 15049 Color Reproduction, India "Awadh", ca. 1870's Maharao Ram Singh, Who Ruled from The former was a Pathan and the latter a 1821 To 1889, and his Son Maharao Baisain claiming descent from the brother Raghubir Singh of one of the of Kanauj. The status Bundi of such large titled landowners was Source: Thomas Holbein Hendley, The enhanced through the publication in 1880 Rulers of India and The Chiefs of of Darogah Haji Abbas Ali's An Rajputana , London: Griggs, 1897 Illustrated Historical Album of the Rajas Hendley I.M.S., C.I.E, V.D. was and Taaluqdars of Oudh , which was Administrative Medical Officer for Rajputana and Residency Surgeon, Jaipur. The Maharajas of , a state in He was responsible for many art books , were also the head of the Jhala and exhibitions as well as medico- clan of . topographical and historical studies. 15055 Photography, India 15050 Book Reproduction, India Puja ceremony - Installation Ceremonies Installation of Maharaja Jitendra Narayan 1937 Bhup Dhrol Photo Source: Joshi Studio, Rajkot, Photo: Johnston and Hoffman; illustrated Installation Festivities: Dhrol, Kathiawar in S. Playne, and Assam Behar 30th August 1937 and Orissa , pp. 453, London: Foreign & Two photographs (ACSAA #15055 & Colonial Compiling & Publishing Co., 15056) document the installation of 1917 Chandrasingji, a Jadeja Rajput, as Thakur Jitendra Narayan ascended to the gaddi in of Dhrol. 1913 after his brother drank himself to death when the British broke up his 15056 Photography, India romance with a British woman. Investiture by a British official - Installation Ceremonies 1937 15051 Photography, India Dhrol Maharaja Rameswara Singh see ACSAA #15055 Darbhanga Raj The Maharaja of Darbhanga may have 15057 Photography, India lived in the beautiful Anbanda Bhag and Burar-Jat Sikh Rajnagar but he was not a ruling Faridkot prince. He was a zemindar, the owner of The rajas of Faridkot claimed descent great estates traced back to Mughal land from the founder of Jaisalmer. This is a grants. photograph of Raja Bikram Singh, (r. 1874-98), or his successor Balbhir Singh, (r. 15052 Photography, India 1898-1906). "Notorious Sansis Captured by the Sr. State 1914" 15058 Graphic Arts, India "Court of The Raja of " The state administration reports speak of Source: Illustrated Times , February 18, settling fifty members of Sansi families 1858 headed by Rama, Zalim, and Dewa in Maharaja Jivaji Rao (r. 1843-86). Bhilakhera village of Dewas Pargana. The This 1858 durbar scene is in stark contrast families were given sixty-seven acres of to the Durbar Hall of the enormous land for cultivation free of rent for two ornate Jai Vilas Palace he built later in his years and then assessed at low rates reign. The latter contains twin ranging from eight to fourteen annas for chandeliers, weighing three tons. nine years. 15059 Photography, India 15053 Photography, India Muhammed Nazim Khan of Raja Anand Rao Puar III ( r. 1857-98) and Sikandar Khan of Hunza and Nagar Source: Photograph by Bourne and 15054 Photography, India Shepherd, Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903 Maharaja Ghanshyamsinhji (r. 1911-42) Sikandar Khan succeeded his father as Dhrangadhra Tham of Nagar but rulers of both Hunza and Nagar were generally referred to as Mirs. Sir Mohammed Nazim Khan of 15064 Photography, India Hunza was awarded a K.C.I.E. and Mir Sir A Rajput Bridegroom Poses with his Sikander Khan of Nagar was awarded a Wife's Relatives K.B.E. They continued to argue over Jodphur, 19th Century which honor was higher even when the The bridegroom may be Maharao local British Resident told them the Raghubir Singh of Bundi. No women awards were of equal value and were shown in this "wedding portrait" distinction. Finally the wily Pandit Wazir since women were in .. Sirmur Ram Rattan, Governor of , received struck a commemorative marriage medal them separately. He told the Mir of not even mentioning the bride's name. Hunza that his award was higher because Patiala issued one for the marriage of the it had one more letter than that of Nagar. heir depicting only the bridegroom and He told the Mir of Nagar that his K.B.E. his father.

15060 Photography, India 15065 Photography, India Photograph of Faluknama Palace Detail of Over-painted Photograph of Hyderabad Maharaja Jaswant Singh Photo Source: Raja Deen Dayal (b.1844) Jodhpur The crescent of stands atop the Photograph: P. A. Johnston Italianate front of this lavish palace, A gouache portrait of Jaswant Singh (r. which was obtained by Nizam Mahbub 1873-95), painted by Narsingh copies a Ali from Sir Vicar ul Umra, the noble similar photograph. who built it. The Nizam, invited as a guest, stayed until Sir Vicar said "Sire, I 15066 Photography, India built it for you". It was rarely used and, as Large Over-painted Photograph of of 1997, completely closed and under the Lieutenant-General H.H. Sir Pertap Singh supervision of the Taj Hotel group. (1845-1922) Jodhpur 15061 Photography, India Rajput values of military prowess, honor Elephantiasis of the Scrotum and chivalry were identified by the British Hyderabad with the pride of the Rathor Rajputs, Sir Photo Source: Raja Deen Dayal (b.1844) Pertab Singh. Sir Pertab even gallantly This condition, caused by clogging of the abdicated his position as Maharaja of Idar lymph channels, is nematodes, worms of to become regent in Jodhpur. He rode on the super-family Filarioidea. Raja Deen horseback into Jerusalem with the Dayal was photographer to the Nizam victorious General Allenby. and among others. 15067 Photography, India 15062 Photography, India Picturesque Rajput Poses with Guidebook Durbar Scene 1884 for Tourists at The Merhengarh Fort Jodhpur, 1989

15063 Graphic Arts, India 15068 Photography, India "Arrival of Prince of Wales at : Nawab Mahabat Khan II War Dance of The Nagas" Jaipur Photograph Album: Theo. Hoffman, Source: Illustrated London News , March Photographs Taken At Junagadh 1881 18, 1876. Portraits of the and government were lavishly commemorated in this album. 15069 Photography, India photograph tipped in book opposite pp. Nawab Mahabat Khan III under a 132. Ceremonial Umbrella The young Maharaja Rajaram had Junagadh unexpectedly died during this trip and his adopted successor V also fared 15070 Photography, India poorly. Maharaja Shivaji V of Nawab Mahabat Khan III Being Weighed had clear-cut symptoms of an episodic in Gold bipolar disorder. During a violent Junagadh altercation in 1883 with his English Album: Silver Jubilee of Major H.H. custodian Green, the Maharaja's spleen Nawab Sir Mahabatkhanji Rasulkhanji was ruptured and he died. Etc. , Junagadh: 1945. The lives of many princes were adversely One of the many lavish commemorative affected by palace intrigues. Many were albums produced for this Pathan prince. wrenched from their parents to be adopted by princes without legitimate 15071 Reproduction Photography, India heirs. Often they were adopted Thakur Anand Bahadur Singh, posthumously. In this case, the widow Taalluqdar went through a 'birth" ritual by smelling Khapradih, 1870's the boy's head at the suture lines. Photograph 91 from Darogah Haji Abbas Ali's The Rajas and Taaluqdars of Oudh . 15075 Photography, India Khapradih had been purchased by his The City Palace ancestors during the eighteenth century. Kotah

15072 Book Reproduction, India 15076 Photography, India Rao Bhawani Singh [(r. 1899-1911) with The Umed Bhavan Palace his Son Durjansal Singh (b. 1897) Kotah Khilchipur Photograph: Herzog & Higgins of , Bhawani Singh wrote poetry in Persian C.I. and published two books in about Album: Visit of his the his travels. : Kotah November, 1902 . Today, the Rajmata of Kotah lives in the 15073 Photography, India Umed Bhavan Palace which is also to Maharaja Madan Singh become a heritage hotel. , ca. 1900 Photograph: Herzog & Higgins of Mhow, 15077 Photography, India C.I. Jam Mir Kamal Khan and Entourage When Madan Singh died heirless in 1926, Las Bela the possibility of a posthumous son Photograph: Bourne and Shepherd, delayed succession to the gaddi. He was Album: Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903 succeeded by his cousin. This signed The ruling house belonged to the Jamot photograph was once in the possession of tribe which claims descent from the Rathor relatives in Jodhpur. Qurayshi tribe of Arabia. Though Kamal Khan was installed in 1896 when he 15074 Photography, India accepted certain conditions, he was not Maharaja Shivaji V [(r. 1871-83) invested with full ruling powers until Kolhapur 1902, the year after he accepted new Photo Source: Captain Edward W. West, conditions. He abdicated in 1921. ed., Diary of the Late Rajah of Kolhapur during his Visit to Europe in 1870 , 15078 Photography, India London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1872, Nawab Amir-Ud-Din Ahmed Khan Loharu This photograph evokes the world of the Photograph Album: Bourne and Afghan Wars and the Khyber Pass. Shepherd, Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903 This nawab abdicated in 1920 but was 15082 Photography, India permitted to retain his title as a personal Nawab Shere Muhammed Khan [(r. 1878- distinction. 1918) 15079 Photography, India Allaudin Khan And The Band 15083 Photography, India Maihar Thakur Mansinghji (b. 1863) Princely patronage of led to development of different in The Gohel Rajput chief of a Kathiawar Maihar, Gwalior, and other states. state known for its Jain temples. Allaudin Khan was trained in the Dhrupad style by the court musician of 15084 Photography, India Maharaja Jotindra Mohan Tagore and in Overpainted Photograph of Maharaja violin, clarinet, and cornet by Swami Mahinder Singh or his Son Rajendra Vivekananda's brother and the band Singh master of the Eden Gardens in Calcutta. Patiala, late 19th century He eventually studied and Mahinder Singh died in 1876 at the age of under the tutelage of the court musicians twenty-three. Rajendra Singh then of Rampur and became a disciple of Ustad succeeded to the gaddi as a four year old Wazir Khan. He taught , and died in 1900. Note how the artist has Nikhal Banerjee, and his own son, Ali utilized many of the conventions of Khan. His playing and that of the such as two dimensional Maihar are documented in the depiction of the ground. Although double CD set Chairman's Choice: Great miniature paintings usually showed Gharanas Maihar (EMI CMC 1 82501-2). heads in profile, this is a full-face portrait.

15080 Book Reproduction, India 15085 Photography, India Padmini Urges the Women of Chitor to Durbar of a Young Maharaja Commit the Rite of Self-Immolation to Patiala Escape the Clutches of Ala-Ud-Din Khalji Maharajas of Patiala succeeded to the in 1303 gaddi at the ages of 10 in 1862, four in Mewar 1876, and nine in 1900. painting by Sudhansu Ghose illustrated in The Rajput Princesses , by the dowager 15086 Book Reproduction, India Maharani of Cooch Behar (date Rajasthan Rajputs unknown) Photo Source: Thomas Holbein Hendley, Traditional stories of heroism and Rulers of India and the Chiefs of sacrifices to duty by Indian princesses told Rajputana, London: W. Griggs, 1897 of self-immolation, suicide, and sati. Madan Singh, a Jhala Rajput who was the However, it seems curious that such a hereditary prime minister of Kotah, and book should be written by a woman who his prince clashed for state control. married for love though her father had Seventeen districts were split off, creating promised her to Scindia of Gwalior. the new state of in 1824. The Maharaos of Sirohi, who were Chauhan 15081 Photography, India Rajputs, claimed descent from Prithviraj, Afridis Posed By Charles Shepherd the last Hindu ruler of Delhi who died in North-West Frontier Province 1193. The British buttressed their own Photograph: Charles Shepherd, #1387 claims to de jure paramountcy by publicizing the pedigrees of rajas and Commerce, and Industrial Resources who were in subordinate alliance London: Foreign & Colonial Compiling & with them. Publishing Co. 1917, pp. 462.

15087 Photography, India 15093 Photography, India State Elephant in Front of Palace Palanquin Rajasthan From an unidentified state.

15088 Photography, India 15094 Photography, India Crowd of Officials and Towns-People Pose Ruler and his Advisors in Front of Elephant with Crowded From an unidentified state, 19th c. Howdah Rajasthan, possibly Mewar State, 19th Objects century 15095 Decorative Arts, India 15089 Photography, India Calligraphic Islamic Inscription inside Local Noble and his Entourage Bowl Rajasthan, possibly Mewar State Bidriware, 18th c. Silver inlay was hammered into recessed 15090 Photography, India areas in a bowl made of a zinc-copper The Sawbas alloy. A chemical paste was then used to Shan Chiefs blacken the object. Though this kind of Photograph: Bourne and Shepherd inlaid metalwork is named after Bidar Album: Coronation Durbar Delhi 1903 which was in Hyderabad state, cities as far Hkun Kyi, Sawbwa of Ming Nai; Saw north as Delhi, , and Purnea were Maung, Sawbwa of Yawng Hwe; Saw major bidri-producing centers. Kawn Kiaw Intaling, Sawbwa of Keng Tung; Hkun Ti, Sawbwa of Mong Pawn; 15096 Decorative Arts, India and Sawlawi. Sawbwa of Gantarawadi. Kohl Container in Form of a Mango Burma was part of the Indian Empire Bidriware, 18th - 19th c. until the 1930s. 15097 Decorative Arts, India 15091 Book Reproduction, India Ceramic Covered Jar Nawab Muhammed Ibrahim Ali Khan Kotah Tonk The state coat-of-arms, featuring the Photo source: Ruling Princes and Chiefs mythical Garuda man-bird and the clan of India , Bombay: Times of India Press, ancestor emerging from flames, is 1930, pp. 70. surrounded by the animals which once Tonk's nawabs were descended from the made Kotah famous for . leader Amir Khan, who agreed to abandon his pillaging in 1817 in return 15098 Decorative Arts, India for English guarantees of some of his Ivory Royal Throne Leg: Equestrian conquests. Tonk included three separate Scene districts in Central India and three in Orissa, ca. Rajputana. The Asutosh Museum, Calcutta and the Staatliches Museum Fur Volkerkunde, 15092 Book Reproduction, India Munich each own one leg of this throne. Birendra Kishor of Enthroned The fourth leg was formerly in the Pan- Tripura Asian Collection. Though these ivory Published: S. Playne, Bengal and Assam are undoubtedly of Orissan Behar and Orissa: Their History, People, origin, some have noted parallels in the Vijayanagar style and others have compared them to the rearing horses in the Srirangam Temple in Tamil Nadu. Reproductions of the companion throne legs are published in the following: M. Chandra, "Ancient Indian Ivories" Bulletin of the Prince of Wales Museum 6, 1957-9, Plates 14a-b, 15a; C. Mallebrein, Skulpturen aus Indien: Bedeutung und Form , Munich: Staatliches Museum Fur Volkerkunde, #131; P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals , Los Angeles: L.A. County Museum of Art, 1977, Fig. 63A

15099 Decorative Arts, India Hunting Scenes on Thewa Work Box Partapgarh, Early 19th Century This box was made by covering a wire frame with delicately worked gold leaf. This was then worked into softened green enamel. A similar box is in the National Museum in .

15100 Decorative Arts, India Coronation Durbar: Prince Riding in Durbar Procession Models from "The Durbar Set" created by Marlborough Military Models, England 1994.