P RE F ACE . THE bu lk of the paintin gs mentio ned in this catalogue was c ollected fro m time to time by different cu rato rs of o o has s d o d this Mus eu m . The c llecti n ince been evel pe o and materially impr oved by Mr. L i nel Heath the pres ent cu rat o r and it may be ho ped that in c ours e o f time it will , bec o me a m o re repre s entative g allery of I ndian miniatu re painting s . On ly tho s e d rawing s and pict u res which are exhibited are lis ted in this catalogu e . Others which are kept in po rtfo lio s in the Mu s eu m Ofiic e are not w o rthy of inc lu sio n in it . The general arrangement and clas s ificatio n of the drawing s and painting s is acc o rding to chro n ol ogical o rder of the subject s and in ca s e of p o rtraits genealogical o rder has been maintained as far as po ss ible to g ive them a his I t has no t o ss to et autho to ric al intere s t . been p ible g ritative u s u to o f o n to s s ou partic lar , p the time g i g pre , ab t s so me of the p o rtraits . The in criptio n s on pictu re s are an s o s F r not alway s reliable d are metime ambigu ous . o this rea s o n it o ften bec o mes extremely diffi cul t to identify a p o rtrait when there is more than one perso n having the s ame name . P ict u re s having little o r no his to rical interes t have b een exhibited mainly o n acc o unt of their artis tic merit s with a V iew to help to the u n der standing and ap preciatio n of I ndian picto rial art . Ordinarily caligraphy shou ld be c o n sidered with us s b ut s s of i u d man crip t , a few typical pecimen ll minate w o rks of caligraphy have been included in this cata logue with a view to demo n strate their relatio n with the M of is as im Mo hal paintings . The oghal art caligraphy g ‘ o of s u i d o s po rt ant as painting . S me the be t ill m nate w rk M201 1 69 h f po s s e s s the bea uty and d raftman ship of the bes t Moghal m iniatures . f The object o exhibiting the s erie s of drawing s and u nfi ni shed painting s is to sh o w the method emplo yed in and o u painting c pying pict re s . The drawing s may no t to ap peal a carele s s ob s erver b ut they are o f g reat interes t to s s and s ud s o f I d arti t t ent n ian art . I t is often an ’ artis t s d rawing which speaks mo re clearly of his ideals and his fi s d asp iratio n s than ni he painting s . W ith reg ard to p o rtraits it is o f interes t to n o te ‘ that po rtraitu re was o ne of the principal arts o f the Mo R u and P u H o o s of ghal , ajp t njab ill Sch l painting . T k oo is s c o o o s u s of o he Si h Sch l a h l alm t excl ively p rtrait s . F ro m the purely reali s tic s tandpo int thes e po rtrait s may be s aid to be defective as they emb ody c ertain man s s d m o o r s s o meri m which ren er them re le c nventio nal . B u t in spite of this c o nventio nality I n dian po rtrait s are e s s entially c o rrect repre s entatio n s o f the perso n s they po rtray f o r o therwi s e it is u nlikely that su ch a lar e , g s o u d n umber o f po rtrait w l have been painted . L iterary references s ho w that b o th the Moghal and Sikh artist s us ed to draw fro m life and it may be rea s o nably a s su med that this practice of drawing po rtraits fro m life may also have R u and P u been in vogue in ajp tana in the njab hill s . Very f ew of the po rtrait s in this c o llectio n are c o n o ou s so s s d b ut o s o f temp rane with the p er n rep re ente , m t them are probably faithfu l c o pie s o f earlier and authentic po rtrait s . Other pictures have been d ated after taking int o c o n s ideratio n the d ifferent s tyle s o f painting the periods of c which have been mo re o r less a s certained with ac uracy . The catalog ue c overs a c o n s iderable field and it ma y I r c o r e c o ntain s o me mis takes . shall feel g rateful f o r c tio ns . A T . S . N . GU P N OTE . u Through an oversight the plates have been wrongly n mbered , in consequence of which it has not been possible to place them in accordance with the serial number they bear . The author very s much regret that this should have happened , and expects that l l this def ec t readers wil kind y overlook . E RRATA . a For b ut was read but it w s . e surer For Treasurer to read Tr a . For P hulasajyya read P kulasujjya. b ve a dah For uaranda read r n . s ar F o r i read e . For cl othmou nted read cloth mounted I I LL U STRAT ON S . A PERSI AN PAINTING (in colours) Frontispiece A PORTRAI T O F DURB AR KHAN F ac ing page 1 2 A PORTRAIT OF FARRU KH S IYAR A PORTRAIT OF AHMA D S HAH DURRANI 2 2 A PORTRAIT OF JEHANGIR (in colours) 26 THE VIRGIN MARY (in colours) 2 9 , A P ORTRAIT OF RANJIT SINGH 37 A PORTRAIT OF RAJA P ARxA S H CHAND 62 THE RETURN OF RAMA 77 GURU N AN Ax P RE AcHI N G g r PL AYING BAL L 99 A PORTRAIT OF R AO CHAND ros BOAR HUNT I O7 RADHA AND KRISHNA UNDER A TR E E (in colours) 1 1 2 KRISHN A W ITH THE FL UTE THE P HU L AS AJJ YA OF RADHA AND KRISHNA (in colours) SHOE ING OF A HORSE MU SIC IAN S ENTERTAIN IN G A HILL CHI EF CARICATURE OF VAI S I DI AVAS KAL I S LAYING ASU RAS (in colours ) THE GODDESS S E YAMA FI VE PORTRAITS CHAI TAN YA LEAVING HOME PE RS I AN A N D I N DO - PE RS I AN D RAW I NGS T AN D PA I N I NGS . PERSI A N A N D I N DO - PERSI AN DRAW I NGS AN D PA I NTI NGS . - - - i . o f A I A I to A 4 Four P ers ian P a nting s A 4 on the back . 1 6 Persian ; early th century . B l s att e cene . 1 6 Persian early th century . King Af ras yab . s ivi Afra yab , a mythical king of Turan , rece ng o f M the news of the death his enemy anuchehr , o f ne o the legendary kings of Pers ia . I ndo P ersian ; late 1 6th century . A p rince and his tutor . M mi 1 oghal early or ddle 7th century . u l t us of B Khus ra istening o the m ic arb ad . ’ N iz amis hi An episode from Khusrau and S rin . s 1 th Per ian ; late s century . A A-I I Th e ill us o s f om s m us ri 9 to re trati n r a Per ian an c p t . E 1 8th Debased Persian style arly century . A led horse . l 1 6 u Persian midd e th cent ry . A b ook illustration p robably rep resenting an isod f o S h ep e r m the ha Namah. I ndO- si 1 e Per an early 7th c ntury . M id . o h h P rsi i flu r er g al wit e an n ence. E 1 u arly 7th cent ry . 4 ’ An ep is ode f rom N izamis Khusrau and K s u his m s hu ra , on way to Ar enia, ees Shirin n r6th bathi g .