An 1816 CE #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum of the 108 years old Dakoo of Jamalpur (in #Haryana) by #Artist Ghulam Ali Khan (or his workshop) on Sotheby's sale of 29 Oct 2025
This Album was commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Civil Servant #WilliamFraser to document the people and the culture of Northern India.
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Heritage #BritishInIndia #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons
A Storyteller Performing with Musicians & Male Dancers
At #JaipurLiteratureFestival2026
c1816 #CompanyPainting from #Delhi from the #FraserAlbum (discovered by William Dalrymple in a colonial house in Scotland, UK) & from the collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan sold by Christie's on Oct 28, 2025 for £787,400
Jaipurlitfest
#IndianHeritage #Art #Paintings #History #Heritage #BritishInIndia #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Musicians #Entertainment #Folklore #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons
'Battle of the Kites'
c1760 CE exceptional #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting (style of Muhammad Faqirullah Khan) from #Farrukhabad #India from the personal collection of Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan sold by Christie's on Oct 28, 2025 for £165,100
#IndianHeritage #History #ArtHistory #Paintings #Art #Heritage #IndianHistory #Festival #Entertainment #KiteFestival #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt
Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial began before a paved road to Gallup existed. Participants would start arriving by foot, horse, and carts in the days leading up to the event. That tradition is acknowledged with the parades at the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial on Thursday evening and the second Saturday of the event.
August 1 - 9, 2026
#VisitGallup #NewMexico #NativeAmerican #PowWow #parade #smalltownUSA #travel #roadtrip #weekendgetaway #culture #heritage
This c1750 CE #MughalArt from #Agra #India now at British Library (London) depicts a scene from the Nativity
The Virgin Mary is seen holding the infant #Jesus in a #Christian theme blending with the local Indian styles of the #Mughal grandeur
#MerryChristmas to all those celebrating today
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #History #IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHistory #artoftheday #Heritage #Art #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons #Religion #Christanity #Celebration #JesusChrist
Due to the initial antenna connection problem, I missed the tuning-up, but most of today's SAQ is here. A strong, ~S7 signal today, with a clear signal from the carrier during key-up times.
Frequency control was excellent today, well within the design +/-10Hz. Given it's an electromechanically-regulated spinning metal disc, this is always pretty amazing!
This c1820 AD alluring & richly detailed #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Delhi or #Alwar of 'A Young Woman Reclining on a Carpet with a #Cat' from the collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan was sold by Christie's on 28 Oct 2025 for £17,780
#Caturday
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #History #Art #Heritage #IndianHistory #Cats #Paintings #ArtOfTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt
Exceptional results from Sothebys 29th Oct 2025 sale
This c1850 #Sikh #Painting by Bishen Singh #Amritsar or #Lahore of 'Maharaja Ranjit Singh of #Punjab, #India in Procession, Riding on an Elephant through a Bazar' sold for £952,500 (est £200,000)
The French inscriptions indicate that this #Art was commissioned by French Army Generals working with the #SikhEmpire as advisors against #EastIndiaCompany
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianArt #History #Heritage #ArtofTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt
Amiban of Rania, #Haryana & probably the 6th legitimate wife of #WilliamFraser, an official of the #EastIndiaCompany in this circa 1816 #CompanyPainting from the #FraserAlbum on Sotheby's auction of 29th Oct, 2025
Est. £150,000-250,000
The boy next to her is mentioned as Hazir Khan, son of Tax Collector Nijabat Khan, but is actually Fraser's own, to avoid a scandal back home in #Scotland
#IndianHistory #BritishInIndia #art #indianHeritage #ArtHistory #History #Heritage #Histodons #MastoArt
'Ladies with Fireworks on a Terrace'
c1730 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kishangarh #Rajasthan from the collection of Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan to be auctioned by Christie's on 28th October, 2025, estimate £80,000-120,000.
#HappyDiwali (Festival of Lights) to all those celebrating today.
#Art #Diwali #Festival #Painting #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #indianmythology #IndianFestivals #ArtOfTheDay #History #Heritage #Religion #Hinduism #Histodons #MastoArt
A Couple (Lovers) Celebrating #Diwali (Festival of Lights) with Firecrackers.
c1800 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra or #Mandi #HimachalPradesh and now at British Museum
#HappyDiwali to all those celebrating today
#FestivalsOfIndia #IndianHeritage #Religion #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Art #Heritage #Hinduism #Paintings #Ramayana #Festival #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodons
A 19th century Wood-Carved figure of #Ravana from #Bali #Indonesia now at British #Museum London
On #Dussehra today, the Victory of the Good over the Evil
#TheGoldenRoad #HappyDussehra #Ramayana
#IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #History #Art #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodond #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #FestivalsOfIndia #ArtHistory #HinduismAbroad #Museums
An 18th century intricately carved image (of Ivory) of #Ravana from South India and now at British Museum
Wishing a #HappyDussehra to those celebrating
#RavanaDahan #Ravanaprabhu #Dussehra #DussehraCelebration
Dusehra is a #HinduFestival which is celebrated by the #Hindus to mark the victory of Good over Evil. It was on the day that the Demon King Ravana was defeated by #Hindu God Rama
#IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #Art #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Hinduism #Religion #Histodons
Dancing Ganesha
10th cent. Red Stone statue from the Kalachuri Dynasty of #MadhyaPradesh shows Him holding His Broken Tusk with which He writes #Ramayana
#Hindu God Lord #Ganesha is worshipped in #India & South-east Asia as a remover of Obstacles (#TrumpTariffs ?) & for grant of Wealth & Success
Now at #TheMet (Metropolitan #Museum of #Art)
#IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #AncientIndia #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt
If you're interested in archaeology or architectural heritage in Ireland, I've made KML files from the government's CC-BY data you can download.
Importing them into both @CoMaps and OsmAnd works, although they both struggle with the number of points, so there are smaller county-by-county files as well.
Get them at https://andrewmccarthy.ie/heritage-pois-in-ireland.html and let me know of any suggestions.
Mythical Beasts with a Herd of #Elephants
This c1610 AD coloured-wash line drawing (#NimQalam) #IndianMiniaturePainting from the atelier of the #Mughal ruler #Akbar was bought by Victoria and Albert Museum, London in 1914 from Dr. A K Coomaraswamy for £50
Last viewed at 'The Great Mughals: #Art Architecture and Opulence' exhibition
#IndianHeritage #Painting #Heritage #History #MughalEmpire #IndianHistory #elephant #Animals #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt #Paintings
A splendid c1618 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting of Gujarati minor Rulers Rao Bharah & Jassa Ram now at Victoria and Albert #Museum London
When #Jahangirnama (Memoirs of the Mughal ruler #Jahangir) was being made, the #Mughal court was in #Ahmedabad giving #Artist #Bishandas the only opportunity (this was the only time he travelled outside his province) to study these two minor Rulers of #Gujarat!
#IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #Art #Histodons #MastoArt #Paintings
This c1790 ad #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh from the family workshop of #Nainsukh of #Guler depicts the Musical Mode 'Natanarayan #Raga'
Now at Rietberg Museum, this was last displayed at their 2024 exhibition " #Ragamala : Images for all Seasons"
#shivratri2025
#Hindu God Lord #Shiva
#Hinduism #Religion #artoftheday #IndianHeritage #IndianFestivals #Art #Heritage #Paintings #History #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons #Himalayas
Ladies Playing #Chaupar (forerunner of #Chess which was invented in #India around 300 BC)
c1800 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting in #Basohli #Jammu style from #Chamba #HimachalPradesh now at British Museum, London.
On #InternationalChessDay (20th July)
#IndianHistory #Mastodons #Art #Heritage #IndianHeritage #Paintings #Recreation #MastoArt #Himalayas #ArtOfTheDay #History
This c100 AD 'Bimaran Casket' from #Gandhara #Afghanistan now on view at the ongoing British #Museum exhibition 'Ancient #India: Living Traditions' might represent the earliest datable image of #Buddha represented as a man, as earlier objects represented Him symbolically as a Footprint or a Tree.
#AncientIndia #IndianHistory #Heritage #Buddhism #Religion #IndianHistory #Art #MastoArt #Histodons #Museums #ArtOfTheDay #History
On Saturday it was Liverpool Makefest at Liverpool Central Library and we were taking part. At a rough count, three MiaB were there, two of ours and one that belonged to the Library, showing the #Unearthed collection.
But, what a fantastic day and so lovely to be able to tell so many people, the story behind MiaB.
#Glam #museum #heritage #education #technology #Liverpool #makefest #audio #madeinliverpool
Apotheek Chung Hwa aan Pantjoran te Batavia, circa 1930, jalan Pancoran Glodok, Jakarta, 2017-2018 #historia #history #histodons #vintage #old #indonesia #city #road #photo #classic #indonesia #heritage #pharmacy #travel #building #historical #oldbuilding #culturalheritage #oldhouse #heritagecity #oldphotos #trip #memory #museum #mastodonArt #random #beforeandafter #batavia #photography #architecture #news #education #funfact #gallery #mastoart #jakarta #netherlands #knowledge #study
Polsek Palmerah, Jalan Palmerah Barat III, Jakarta, 1946 - 2020 #historia #history #histodons #vintage #old #indonesia #city #road #photo #classic #indonesia #heritage #historiindonesia #travel #building #historicalbuilding #oldbuilding #culturalheritage #oldhouse #heritagecity #oldphotos #trip #memory #museum #mastodonArt #random #beforeandafter #batavia #voc #photography #architecture #news #education #funfact #gallery #mastoart #jakarta #netherlands #knowledge #study
Canal te Batavia, circa 1910, jl Mangga Besar Raya - jl Kartini, Jakarta 2015
#historia #history #histodons #vintage #old #indonesia #city #road #photo #classic #indonesia #heritage #historiindonesia #travel #building #travelgram #historicalbuilding #oldbuilding #culturalheritage #oldhouse #heritagecity #oldphotos #trip #memory #museum #mastodonArt #random #railroads #beforeandafter #Canal #batavia #voc #photography #architecture #news #education #funfact #gallery #mastoart
