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Two Women DancingIndia, Mughal, c. 17th CenturyOpaque watercolors and gold on paper

Two Women Dancing

India, Mughal, c. 17th Century

Opaque watercolors and gold on paper


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eastiseverywhere: Johann Zoffany (?)Portrait of a Bibi, LucknowIndia (c.1785)[Source]Sotheby’s says:

eastiseverywhere:

Johann Zoffany (?)
Portrait of a Bibi, Lucknow

India (c.1785)
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Sotheby’ssays:

She sits in an interior before a draped curtain, with a cloudy sky visible beyond. Her hair hangs in ringlets around her sweet face, her ears and neck heavy with opulent jewellery. One arm is raised and she clasps a delicately carved jade mirror in her hand, although her eyes gaze guilelessly into the distance. Whilst the actual identity of the sitter is difficult to establish, with her rich, though informal, robes and splendid jewels it is likely that the subject of this charming portrait was the bibi of a British East India-man.

As a result of the strict customs governing the interaction of men and women in India, most artists’ impressions of the fairer sex were drawn either from imagination or from the only visible group, the ubiquitous nautch girl, who entertained society by dancing in public. Such women were often of the lower echelons of the social hierarchy, and are unlikely to have been as fair or as voluptuous as this sitter. Nor would a nautch girl have owned such opulent jewellery, or be seated in a luxurious interior; it is probable therefore that a portrait of an elegant Indian lady of society would have been commissioned by a member of the Anglo-Indian community. This portrait represents both a novel development in the painting of women and also a new section of society itself, the bibis of the white mughals. Traditionally taboo portraits of women became not uncommon during the eighteenth century, as the tastes and cultural morés of the British were established in the Raj. In such paintings of newly ‘visible’ women, she is often painted indoors or in a gentrified landscape, and her countenance is imbued with a demureness, and composure that suggests a woman of breeding, as it is here.


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Imambara inside the British Residency, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.The British Residency is a group of seImambara inside the British Residency, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.The British Residency is a group of se

Imambara inside the British Residency, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

The British Residency is a group of several building in a common precinct. The complex now exists in ruins and is located in the heart of the city of Lucknow, in vicinity of other monuments like Shaheed Smarak, Tehri Kothi and High Court Building. It was constructed during the rule of Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II, who was the fifth Nawab of the province of Awadh (Oudh). The construction took place between 1780 to 1800 AD and served as the residence for the British Resident General who was a representative in the court of the Nawab.


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Shahnajaf Imambara :: This white domed mausoleum was constructed by Nawab Ghazi-ud-din Haider, the l

Shahnajaf Imambara :: This white domed mausoleum was constructed by Nawab Ghazi-ud-din Haider, the last nawab wazir and the first King of the state of Awadh in 1816 - 1817.

It is situated on the bank of the #GomtiRiver near #Sikanderbagh and is a replica of Hazrat Ali’s burial at Najaf in Iraq. The silver tomb of Ghazi-ud-din Haider lies in the centre of this building and his three wives are also buried here. It is flanked by the more imposing silver and gold tomb of Mubarak Mahal on one side.

Amongst the Nawabs of Awadh, it was the sixth Nawab, Saadat Ali Khan (1798-1814) who proved to be the most efficient in the administration and collection of revenue through the Amani system, introduced by him. He was also the first to set up a royal treasury with a reserve fund, to which he left a sum of fourteen crores at the time of his untimely death, despite his love for horses and construction and purchase of palatial buildings.

Some historians believe that his intention of amassing such large wealth was to buy back the territories taken away from him by the British, that earlier formed part of the Nawabi rule in Awadh. One narration asserts that it was the frustration of the British, in not being able to win him over for their financial devices, that the Resident conspired with the unfaithful servants of the Nawab to get him poisoned, resulting in his death on July 12, 1814.
The conspiring angle may or may not be true.

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