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Babur hunting deer between Ali Shang and Alangar near Kabul,Afghanistan. He rides the white horse in the centre of the picture and is aiming an arrow at a deer. Above him a man takes aim with a rifle from behind a rock. Men follow Babur with rifles and bows and arrows in the hunt. Babur was the founder of the Moghul empire of India. ID:Or 3714, fol.347 verso
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Babur hunting deer between Ali Shang and Alangar near Kabul,Afghanistan. He ride...

The breakfast, 1842. A husband and wife sit at the breakfast table attended by Indian servants. A dog waits by his mistress' feet. Family portraits hang on the wall behind them. ID: X 42 fol. plate 3.
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The breakfast, 1842. A husband and wife sit at the breakfast table attended by I...

The durbar of December 1845; the Maharaja Dalip Singh is seated on a chair holding a gun, a pet lapdog at his feet and an attendant with a fly whisk behind him. On the Maharadsha's left is Diwan Dinah Nat and Fakir Nu ud-Din holding a book and prayer beads.
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The durbar of December 1845; the Maharaja Dalip Singh is seated on a chair holdi...

The Pandavas and Draupadi led by Yudhusthira and accompanied by his favourite dog go off to Meru, the abode of Hindu gods, having renounced the world. The five brothers wear crowns burt are bare-chested. Draupadi,their wife, follows wearing a blue sari. From the Persian version of the "Mahabharata" Vol.3. ID:Add 5640, fol.429 b
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The Pandavas and Draupadi led by Yudhusthira and accompanied by his favourite do...

Head of dog,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan, Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4th CE Stucco,10 x 9,5 cm TK 68
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Head of dog,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan, Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4...

King Richard I Lionheart (1157-1199) embarks on the Third Crusade (1191). From the chronicle of David Aubert. Illuminated manuscript; 15th century.
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King Richard I Lionheart (1157-1199) embarks on the Third Crusade (1191). From t...

Departure of recruits at Porte Saint Denis in Paris to fight in the Napoleonic Wars. Canvas; 1807.
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Departure of recruits at Porte Saint Denis in Paris to fight in the Napoleonic W...

Marienplatz square in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Canvas; 1843.
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Marienplatz square in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Canvas; 1843.

Kenneth Mackenzie (Viscount Fortrose), 1st Earl of Seaforth (1744-1781) at home in Naples: concert party. 1770. Canvas, 35.50 x 47.60cm. PG 2611 A private concert is taking place in the Neapolitan apartment of the expatriate, Lord Fortrose. He stands, with his back to us, in the centre of the scene. His friend, Sir William Hamilton, is on his left, and the violinist, Gaetano Pugnani, is on his right. In the left-hand corner, the artist has painted himself, working on this picture. The two keyboard players have been identified as the fourteen-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father, Leopold, who visited Naples in the summer of 1770.
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Kenneth Mackenzie (Viscount Fortrose), 1st Earl of Seaforth (1744-1781) at home...

John Hassall: "Veritas Mantles for strength and brilliancy". Great Britain, 1904. Colour lithograph, 197.5 x 152cm.
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John Hassall: "Veritas Mantles for strength and brilliancy". Great Britain, 1904...

Biographical tangka of Drukpa Kunle (nicknamed "The Divine Madman", 1455-1529). One of the most popular of all the religious figures in Bhutan,he is seen here at the entrance to Chime Ihakang accompanied by his dog and bow. Painted in the 1980's. 129 x 111,5 cm
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Biographical tangka of Drukpa Kunle (nicknamed "The Divine Madman", 1455-152...

Entrance doors to Shalu Monastery show a pair of dog-like dragons with their cub. Shalu was much damaged during the Cultural Revolution and some twenty resident monks, down from a former 300, try to restore the buildings and paintings.
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Entrance doors to Shalu Monastery show a pair of dog-like dragons with th...