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Hemant

@hemantsarin

Interested in history, art, people, culture. I am not a historian and never studied history beyond school.

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"The tree that bears fruit will be stoned." ~ Tamil Proverb A nobleman in Bundi, Rajasthan, throws stones at a mango tree to dislodge the fruit. 🥭 19th century. 🖌️🎨

"The tree that bears fruit will be stoned."
~ Tamil Proverb

A nobleman in Bundi, Rajasthan, throws stones at a mango tree to dislodge the fruit. 🥭
19th century. 🖌️🎨
Indian Art (@indiaarthistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ye alag baat hai ki haveliyan ab nahi rahi, Khandharo se hai hamari aabroo roshan..💔 A 200 yr old dilapidated gateway in #Lucknow. It belongs to some 'Nawab Sahab'. The Fish emblem synonymous to #Oudh architecture is still intact.

Ye alag baat hai ki haveliyan ab nahi rahi,
Khandharo se hai hamari aabroo roshan..💔

A 200 yr old dilapidated gateway in #Lucknow.
It belongs to some 'Nawab Sahab'. The Fish emblem synonymous to #Oudh architecture is still intact.
Amit Guha (@amitguha2020) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Double-sided manuscript page Late Mughal, Lucknow, c 1740 recto: Lady in a terrace on an embroidered carpet, behind are a chini-khana and a blossoming tree. verso: Grey turkey in a bright yellow landscape. Rippling river at the bottom, and a blue and white sky above.

Double-sided manuscript page
Late Mughal, Lucknow, c 1740

recto: Lady in a terrace on an embroidered carpet, behind are a chini-khana and a blossoming tree.

verso:  Grey turkey in a bright yellow landscape. Rippling river at the bottom, and a blue and white sky above.
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"The Victor & The Vanquished"..⚔️ Portrait of Robert Clive, with a portrait of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in the background. Date: 1764 Collection: Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.

"The Victor & The Vanquished"..⚔️

Portrait of Robert Clive, with a portrait of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II in the background.

Date: 1764

Collection: <a href="/shrewsmuseum/">Shrewsbury Museum</a> and Art Gallery.
Jamal Jafri (@jajafri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bheem Ke Udar (Bhim's Cave) One of 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Havell & Son, worked up from sketches made on the spot by James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856), published as Views in the Himala Mountains, Rodwell & Martin, London, 1 March 1820 "First edition of the

Bheem Ke Udar (Bhim's Cave)
One of 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by 
Robert Havell &amp; Son, 
worked up from sketches made on the spot by 
James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856),
published as
Views in the Himala Mountains,
Rodwell &amp; Martin, London,
1 March 1820

"First edition of the
Hrithik (@indicaa02) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The utterly gorgeous first painting is by Edwin Lord Weeks titled "The Princess of Bengal", c.1889 Love the natural & architectural details in the background! The rendezvous feels quite intimate as the princess seems secure in the moment with the person whose face isn't visible!

The utterly gorgeous first painting is by Edwin Lord Weeks titled "The Princess of Bengal", c.1889

Love the natural &amp; architectural details in the background! The rendezvous feels quite intimate as the princess seems secure in the moment with the person whose face isn't visible!
Jamal Jafri (@jajafri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

(Close-up) The lover Prepares to Depart Folio from the Rasamanjari III series Opaque watercolour on paper Attributed to Golu (active early 1700s) Nurpur, now in Himachal Pradesh, India, circa 1710–20 Collection of Barbara and Eberhard Fischer, on loan to the Museum Rietberg,

(Close-up)
The lover Prepares to Depart
Folio from the Rasamanjari III series 
Opaque watercolour on paper
Attributed to Golu (active early 1700s)
Nurpur, now in Himachal Pradesh, India,
circa 1710–20
Collection of Barbara and Eberhard Fischer, 
on loan to the Museum Rietberg,
Jignasa (@calijignasa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sita-Suwarnamruga (Sita and the golden deer) Ravi Verma Litho 1896 Mumbai. Key scene in the Ramayana. Marica is Ravana’s uncle who takes the form of a deer, approaches Sita without fear. Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ Punjabi Rooh William Dalrymple Amit Guha Indian Art

Sita-Suwarnamruga (Sita and the golden deer) Ravi Verma Litho 1896 Mumbai. Key scene in the Ramayana. Marica is Ravana’s uncle who takes the form of a deer, approaches Sita without fear. <a href="/ssharadmohhan/">Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ</a> <a href="/PunjabiRooh/">Punjabi Rooh</a> <a href="/DalrympleWill/">William Dalrymple</a> <a href="/AmitGuha2020/">Amit Guha</a> <a href="/IndiaArtHistory/">Indian Art</a>