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Dhakate Bajirava Saheb. Coloured lithograph, 1888.

A Maratha man, richly dressed, seated under a canopy enjoying the scent of a white rose, with a woman on the left holding a brightly plumed bird. Gouache, 18--.

Ahilyabai Holkar with two female attendants holding a diplomatic meeting between a nobleman and subject ruler. Chromolithograph.

Malhar Rao Holker. Coloured lithograph.

Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809, descriptive of the characters, manners, domestic habits, and religious ceremonies, of the Mahrattas / [Thomas Duer Broughton].

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Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809, descriptive of the characters, manners, domestic habits, and religious ceremonies, of the Mahrattas / [Thomas Duer Broughton].

Dhakate Bajirava Saheb. Coloured lithograph, 1888.

A Maratha man, richly dressed, seated under a canopy enjoying the scent of a white rose, with a woman on the left holding a brightly plumed bird. Gouache, 18--.

Ahilyabai Holkar with two female attendants holding a diplomatic meeting between a nobleman and subject ruler. Chromolithograph.

Malhar Rao Holker. Coloured lithograph.