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Krishna stealing the cowgirls clothes and watching them bathe in the river below. Chromolithograph.

Radha and Krishna. Watercolour drawing.

The gopis complaining to Yasoda about Krishna's pranks. Chromolithograph.

Krishna plays his flute to the gopis while a man watches from the woods. Chromolithograph.

Krishna seated in a tree above a river with the gopis' clothes and making the gopis plead for their garments. Chromolithograph.

Two old walnut trees (Juglans regia) growing by a country lane and sheltering some cows and their minders. Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.

Krishna playing the flute to cowgirls. Chromolithograph, 1882.

Krishna with Radha and three gopis. Chromolithograph. 

Radha and Krishna. Gouache drawing.

Radha and Krishna on a single lotus within an "Om" sign surrounded by rondels of scenes of Krishna's life. Coloured lithograph.

A woman milking a cow with a child, possibly Krishna begging for milk, while a seated cat observes. Chromolithograph.

Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma.

Krishna spilling the milk maids pots. Chromolithograph.

Krishna playing his flute to two cowgirls and two worshippers. Transfer lithograph.

Ram mas dal: Krishna dancing with the cowgirls. Transfer lithograph.

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Cowgirls

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cowgirls

Works from the collections

Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma.

Krishna spilling the milk maids pots. Chromolithograph.

Krishna playing his flute to two cowgirls and two worshippers. Transfer lithograph.

Radha and Krishna. Watercolour drawing.

Ram mas dal: Krishna dancing with the cowgirls. Transfer lithograph.

Cowgirls

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cowgirls

Works from the collections

Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma.

Krishna spilling the milk maids pots. Chromolithograph.

Krishna playing his flute to two cowgirls and two worshippers. Transfer lithograph.

Radha and Krishna. Watercolour drawing.

Ram mas dal: Krishna dancing with the cowgirls. Transfer lithograph.

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