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Images from the collections

Images referencing Tricks

8 images from works
  • Page 121: Sita being lured by a disguised Ravana, while Rama and Laksmana hunt in the forest. Watercolour drawing.
  • A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.
  • Krishna stealing the cowgirls clothes and watching them bathe in the river below. Chromolithograph.
  • Krishna seated in a tree above a river with the gopis' clothes and making the gopis plead for their garments. 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 sitting in a tree above water with the gopis' clothes, while the naked gopis plead for their garments. Chromolithograph.
  • Krishna spilling the milk maids pots. Chromolithograph.
  • Krishna, playing the flute, seated in a tree with the milkmaids' clothes, while they, naked and in water gather around the tree begging for their clothes. Chromolithograph.

Works from the collections

12 works

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

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Reference: 26512i
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    Krishna spilling the milk maids pots. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26461i
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    A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26467i
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    Krishna stealing the cowgirls clothes and watching them bathe in the river below. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26709i
    • Books

    Old conjuring books : a bibliographical and historical study with a supplementary check-list / Trevor H. Hall.

    Hall, Trevor H. | Date: 1972

Related topics

Hindu mythology
Hindu gods
Cowgirls
Nudity
Begging
Flute
Tricksters

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