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Vishnu resting on the ocean accompanied by Lakshmi, Tumbara, Hanuman, Narada, Garuda and Brahma sitting on a lotus. Chromolithograph.

Indian musical instruments; percussion, string and wind, and a musical score for a snake-charming melody. Coloured etching.

A seated courtesan playing a sitar. Watercolour drawing.

A winged apsaras blowing the horn. Watercolour drawing, ca. 1880 (?).

Shiva and Parvati mounted on Nandi bull in a procession led by Brahma and Hanuman and attendants. Gouache drawing.

Indian kettle-drummers. Gouache drawing.

Page 3: a marriage procession. Watercolour drawing.

Two Hindu musicians and a highly decorated cow with the symbol of Hanuman painted on its forehead. Gouache drawing.

Hindu goddesses Lakshami and Saraswati playing castanets and a tambura. Watercolour drawing.

Sarasvati sitting on lotuses plying her vina. Watercolour drawing.

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Indian kettle-drummers. Gouache drawing.

Page 3: a marriage procession. Watercolour drawing.

Two Hindu musicians and a highly decorated cow with the symbol of Hanuman painted on its forehead. Gouache drawing.

Hindu goddesses Lakshami and Saraswati playing castanets and a tambura. Watercolour drawing.

Sarasvati sitting on lotuses plying her vina. Watercolour drawing.