Detail, “The Fakir Praoun Poury”,
Hand-colored etching with aquatint on paper,
From an English copy of Frederic Schoberl (1775–1853), The World in Miniature: Hindoostan, vol. 2 (London: published for R. Ackermann, 1822), Robert J. Del Bontà collection, E974
“Le dieu Siva au sein de sa famille” (The god Shiva and his family), Chromolithograph and letterpress on coated paper, From a set of twelve French trading cards, Histoire de L’ Inde (History of India) (Produits Liebig “Ameliorant la cuisine,” 1939), Robert J. Del Bontà collection, E207
Detail: Kneeling Winged Monster,
Freer Gallery of Art,
Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
F1977.9