The best Podcast on #EastIndiaCompany in #India is #WilliamDalrymple &#AnitaAnand's #TheEmpire, a #MustWatch on #Netflix

However, in this c1800 AD, #Rajput #Rajasthani #Painting 'Two Princes Seated on a Terrace alongwith Attendants with Flywhisks' finally agree that it is AFTER Sheldon Cooper's '#FunWithFlags' (#BigBangTheory).

#IndianMiniaturePainting #Art from #Bundi #Rajasthan on a Christie's sale.

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Paintings #History #Heritage

Hyderabad #India is in News!

Built 1798-1805, Koti Residency/ Hyderabad Residency/ British Residency at #Hyderabad is Restored & Opened to Public.

Resembling the White House this Building was once the Embassy #EastIndiaCompany to the #Nizam of #Hyderabad #Deccan & Residence of James Achilles Kirkpatrick of #WilliamDalrymple's #WhiteMughals

From Prahlad Bubbar (#Art Dealer), this 1800 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting by Venkatchellam of the #WhiteMughal Villain- Henry Russell in an #Indian Dress.

Zana, the Bullock-Drawn Carriage of Prince Mirza Babur.

c1815 AD #CompanyPainting from #FrazerAlbum sold by Bonhams in 2014 for £56,250.

Driver, Identified as 'Ahir Jadubansi, of the Cowherd Caste, Descendants of Lord #Krishna, inhabitant of #Delhi'

Mirza was a Sons of Penultimate #Mughal King #Akbar II.

Commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Agents by Brothers James & William Fraser, the Album of 92 #Paintings was discovered by #WilliamDalrymple in the #Scotland Home of their Descendants in 1979

'Empire' by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand looks like another interesting historical podcast series to follow.

From the description: "How do empires rise? Why do they fall? And how have they shaped the world around us today?"

https://open.spotify.com/show/0sBh58hSTReUQiK4axYUVx

#Empires #Podcasts #History #WilliamDalrymple #AnitaAnand

During Twixtmas I’ve been catching up on my favourite podcast of 2022: ‘Empire’ by the historians Anita Anand and William Dalrymple.
Having started with the British Empire, they’re currently yomping through the story of the Ottoman Empire.
Whether you’re big into history or not, it’s gripping storytelling that can add context to events taking place in the modern day.
#EmpirePodcast #histodon #AnitaAnand #WilliamDalrymple
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/empire/id1639561921

'A Nawab and his Retainers'.

This rare c1770 AD #CompanyPainting from #Murshidabad was sold by Sotheby's to Kiran Nadar Museum of Art #Noida #UttarPradesh on 22nd Sept. 2020 for US$70,000.

#WilliamDalrymple writes in his book 'The Anarchy' that because of #EastIndiaCompany flawed agricultural & economic policies, by 1770AD, entire region of #Bengal experienced a great famine.
This situation probably reflects in this #Painting
Note: barren countryside!

#IndianHistory #India #History #Heritage

"Miembro de la Royal Historical Society y de la Royal Asiatic Society, doctor honorario de varias universidades británicas e indias y autor de libros y ensayos sobre la India actual o su pasado colonial, advierte en su última obra, La anarquía, publicada en España en 2021, del inquietante paralelismo entre el inmenso poder que acumuló una empresa privada hace tres siglos, la Compañía Británica de las Indias, que manipuló gobiernos y derribó el imperio mogol, con las prerrogativas que hoy disfrutan las grandes corporaciones."

#WilliamDalrymple

https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-12-14/william-dalrymple-historiador-el-inmenso-poder-de-la-compania-de-las-indias-es-una-advertencia-sobre-las-grandes-corporaciones.html

Lot no 15.

'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.

Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.

This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India

Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.

Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
#Art #Heritage #History

Lot no 5 of the Carlton Rochelle Collection of #CompanySchool #Paintings from #India sold by Sotheby's.
'An Open-Bill Asian Stork (Anastomus Oscitans).
c1780 #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh
Estimated between £60,000-80,000.
This #Bird is commonly found in Freshwater Marshes, Shallow Lakes & Paddy Fields of the #IndianSubContinent
Made for an unknown official of the #EastIndiaCompany
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition at #WallaceMuseum curated by #WilliamDalrymple

Lot no 5.
'An Open-Bill Asian Stork (Anastomus Oscitana)'.
c1780 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #India.
Estimated between£60,000-80,000.
Identified in #Persian #Nastaliq script lower left as 'Ghunghal'.
This #Bird is commonly found in Freshwater Marshes, Shallow Lakes & Paddy Fields of the #IndianSubContinent
This #Painting was made under the patronage of an unknown official of the #EastIndiaCompany
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition at #WallaceMuseum curated by #WilliamDalrymple