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View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.
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View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.

View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.
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View of the harbour at Canton with foreign factories. China; 1767.

Representation of the Chinese court of justice held at the British factory of Canton on the 8th of March 1807 in the presence and at the special requisition of the British Authorities for an enquiry into a charge of homicide laid against the seamen of the East India Company's ship Neptune. Aquatint; 19th century.
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Representation of the Chinese court of justice held at the British factory of Ca...

Emperor Shah Jahan. Moghul miniature, 1630. Gouache on paper, 22.2 x 13.4 cm.
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Emperor Shah Jahan. Moghul miniature, 1630. Gouache on paper, 22.2 x 13.4 cm.

Krishna and Radha dancing in the rain with three girl musicians. India; Rajasthani miniature painting, 17th century.
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Krishna and Radha dancing in the rain with three girl musicians. India; Rajastha...

Young prince Shri Raga (Rama) sitting in a pavillion listens to music played by the sage Narada and Tamburu (wearing a hose head). From the Ramayana epic by Valmiki. India; Rajasthani miniature painting, 17th century.
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Young prince Shri Raga (Rama) sitting in a pavillion listens to music played by...

Saveri Ragini. The capture of snakes in a jungle of wild animals. India; Malwa miniature painting from a musical mode. 17th century.
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Saveri Ragini. The capture of snakes in a jungle of wild animals. India; Malwa m...

Shoshar Ragini. Three Indian athletes. India, Bilaspur style; Pahari miniature painting, 1770.
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Shoshar Ragini. Three Indian athletes. India, Bilaspur style; Pahari miniature p...

Erotic scene of lovemaking from an Indian manuscript of the Kama Sutra. 18th century.
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Erotic scene of lovemaking from an Indian manuscript of the Kama Sutra. 18th cen...

Erotic scene of lovemaking from an Indian manuscript of the Kama Sutra. 18th century.
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Erotic scene of lovemaking from an Indian manuscript of the Kama Sutra. 18th cen...

The Mahant sees Elokeshi at the Tarakeshwar temple. The Mahant (the high priest of the Shiva temple, Tarakeshwar) holds a 'nargila' pipe and sits on a striped rug in front of the temple, a second man, perhaps his agent, Kinaram, behind him. Before him stand three women -Elokeshi, the young wife of the clerk, Nabin Chandra Banerjee, holding up a plate of rice or sweetmeats in her left hand and boldly unveiling her face with her right; her younger sister, Muktakeshi, unveiled, stands behind her with folded hands; between them in the background, Telebo, the female servant of the family who acted as procuress, looks away. Yellow background. Watercolour and silver details; 1875. Shelfmark: Add.Or.3346
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The Mahant sees Elokeshi at the Tarakeshwar temple. The Mahant (the high priest...

Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862) in Durban (the largest Asian community in South Africa). Miniature painting, 1839.
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Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862) in Durban (the largest Asian community in South Afri...