Patna School of Painting at the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds 552 Patna School of Painting works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1600 to 1940. The collection is led by Puqua, William Carpenter and George Chinnery.
A Hindoo Female of the Deccan and Concane
Portrait of a Lady
A Chinese Dignitary Seated on a Throne
Scene in a Brazier's Shop in Bengal
A State Procession in India
Chinese Street Scene with Figures
Samuldass Dessaye of Neriad in Guzerat
A Chinese Empress in a Chariot
A Chinese Princess at a Shrine
Taiwan Yuhina
Saint Luke
View of the Jagannatha Temple, Puri
Toddywallah's hut in a grove of date palms near Breach Candy, Bombay
Vishnu, Varahi and Lakshmi
The shrine of Vishnu in the form of Viraraghavaswami, reclining on the serpent of eternity.
Portrait of Maharaja Ali Jah Daulat Rao Sindhia of Gwalior
Shaikh Salim Chishti
One of sixteen mica paintings depicting Hindu deities and festival processions with decorated cars.
Rao Narain Das
Northern Indian marriage procession
Akbar Ali Khan
Maharao Ram Singh II
Emperor Jahangir
A Maratha Tappar man and wife
Krishna
A Sieve Maker
Common Sterculia
A Stocking Maker
Man Selling Pork
An archer riding a composite horse
Nau Nihal Singh
One of nineteen drawings illustrating processes in the manufacture of opium at the Opium Factory at Gulzarbagh, Patna, in Bihar.
A South-Indian Woman
Chinese St Johns Wort
Oriental dwarf kingfisher
Hindu women filling their Kedjeree pots with water
Thakur Kusal Singhji Champawat
Chinese Pink
One of Sixteen views of monuments in Delhi, Agra, Amritsar, Lucknow and South India.
An oil-seller and his wife
Raja Ajmer Chand of Bilaspur
Shaivite procession at night
Vasakasayya Nayika
Man Seling Flos for Embroidery
A baby 'maina'
Emperor Jahangir
Rama and Lakshman
The Vedic god Yama, the god of death and guardian of the south
An Itinerant Daoist Priest
Raja Suchet Singh and Raja Dhian Singh
Raja Hira Singh
One of five paintings of Hindu deities.
The two courts of the Nelliapparasvami.
Raja Dip Chand of Bilaspur
A military officer of the East India Company
Depictions of Chukor partridge and Impeyan pheasant of Northern India
Portrait of Ishwari Sen of Mandi
Depictions of a Indian fruit-bat and Pied crested cuckoo of Northern India
Depictions of a Mallard and Australian black-fronted plover of Northern India
Sham Singh Atariwala
Desakh Ragini
A Poultry Seller
A fortune-teller
One of seventeen mica paintings depicting Hindu deities.
Man Making Pewter
Mandarin's Boat
Narasimha
A Fishmonger
The departure of King Thibaw from Mandalay
On the Mar Canal at Srinagar, Kashmir
Rao Umed Singh of Bundi
Depictions of white-cheeked bulbul and a Himalayan starling of Northern India
A Tanjore couple
Maharao Umed Singh of Kota hunting at night
One of five views of Delhi.
Vishnu and Laksmi
One of sixteen paintings of South Indian temples.
Inside a Chinese 'Hong'
Copy of painting inside the caves of Ajanta (Cave 9)
Arjumand Banu Begum
Baikal Teal
A Seller of Dried Bean Curd
Man Selling Soft Bean Curd
Bhairava raga
Woman Spooling
Purple-rumped sun bird
Vishnu
Untitled
Depictions of Striated scops owl and Rose-ringed parakeet of Northern India
Raja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur
Maharawat Ram Singh
A 'huqqa-burdar'
Raja Balwant Singh
Shops for colours and flowers used at festivals, Sadr bazaar, Pune
Man Selling Salted Cabbage
A fish
Maharaja Raj Singh
Portrait of Tara Chand, the court painter
A nautch
Depictions of a (unfinished drawing) and a Rock bush-quail of Northern India
Man Selling Arowhead Plants
An Umbrella Mender
Depictions of a spot-bill duck and an Indian tree duck of Northern India
A Bean Curd Seller
Custard-apple plant
Two harnessed bullocks from Gujarat with their keeper
Children swinging Sudder bazaar. Poona
An Indian lady seated on a carpet by an open door overlooking a river with a European-style house on the opposite bank.
Panchaka Raga
Boy Selling Sundry Goods
Raja Bhup Singh
A toddy-tapper
Nautch party
Depictions of a Hoopoe and a Goshawk of Northern India
A Vegetable Seller
Men Treading China Clay in Pits
Depictions of Impeyan pheasant (male) and a Western horned pheasant of Northern India
A Silversmith
A Chinese Dignitary Seated on a Throne (one of eleven panels with Chinoiserie decoration)
Depictions of a Red-headed merlin and a Laggar falcon of Northern India
Quails
One of nineteen drawings illustrating processes in the manufacture of opium at the Opium Factory at Gulzarbagh, Patna, in Bihar.
A Book Seller
Radha
Malabar weaver
The shrine of Vishnu and the fifteen alvars and bhaktas of the Vaishnava cult.
Maharao Umed Singh of Kota
A Malabar doctor and his wife
Woman Plaiting Threads
Bhore Ghauts
Devi as Matangi
Transport of Tea by River
One of three drawings of Chiniot (Jhang district), formerly Punjab and its environs
One of nine paintings depicting Hindu deities.
Ceremony of mourning in the Imambara, Lucknow
Vasanta Raga
Depictions of a Spur-winged plover and Open-billed stork of Northern India,
A Puppet Show
A Mat Seller
Tufted Duck
An Arrow Smith
A Candle Maker
Chattar Singh Atariwala
Mian Mukund Dev
Head and shoulders portrait of an Indian lady
Depictions of a Common Indian myna and a Himalayan tree-creeper of Northern India
A boatman's children at Srinagar, Kashmir
On the second bridge at Srinagar, Kashmir
Ladvai Sketch
Depictions of Common (or grey) quail and a Black partridge of Northern India
A Glass Painter
A Hindu tailor and his wife
Raja Anand Dev
Bangali Ragini
Man Selling Lotus Pods
A Chinese Princess at a Shrine (one of eleven panels with Chinoiserie decoration)
Bombay Harbour
The tomb of Mucdoom Sahib
Krishna, Narada and Jasoda
Raja Jawan Singh of Mewar
Manda Ragini
Raja Dhrub Dev
A Brahmin and his wife
A group of dancing-girls and musicians
Raja Madan Singh Jat
The marriage of Shiva and Parvati (Kalyanasundaramurti).
Untitled
Raja Dhian Singh
An elephant with a howdah
Laughing Thrush
A Curer of Skin Disease
Two dogs in the compound of a Calcutta house
Raja Tulsaji of Tanjore
Depictions of a Shikra and a Indian oriole of Northern India
A Sikh Warrior and his wife
One of two drawings depicting procession scenes in Patna.
Varaha and Hiranyaksha
The Great temple at Madura with the shrines of Minakshi Devi and Shiva as Sundareshwara.
Maharaja Sawai Jagat Singh
Depictions of a Bronze-winged dove and a Goshawk of Northern India
A man hurling stones at a mango tree.
A Dumpling Seller
Portrait of Thakur Raja Bakhtawar Singh, standing in a European-style interior.
The Darya Daulat Bagh
Dipaka Raga
Chand Bibi, with two court ladies
Muhammad Ali Khan, Nawab of Arcot
Untitled
Bahuli Ragini
Ranjit Singh
A Seller of Feather Dusters
Yasoda suckling Krishna.
Interior of the Golden Temple, Amritsar
Depictions of a Indian spotted dove and a Common Indian wood-shrike of Northern India
One of eleven paintings of occupations
A Tanjore man in a white 'jama' holding 'pan' .
A Paper Maker
The Harihar Kshetra festival
Half-length portrait of Tipu Sultan of Mysore (r.1782-99)
Raja Balwant Singh
Blossom-headed parakeet
One of Seven details of pietra-dura work showing flowers an birds on the walls of the Diwan-i Am, Delhi Fort.
Depictions of a Domestic pigeon and Indian grackle of Northern India
Raja Bishan Singh of Bundi
Verditer flycatcher
A groom with a horse and carriage
Maharaja Man Singh
A Maratha couple
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Thakur Raj Singh and Thakur Fateh Singh
Chinese Rose
Man Selling Pottery Stoves
A bangle-seller in his shop, Pune
Raja Viram Dev
Untitled
Scarlet minivet
Krishna and Balarama
A Handkerchief Seller
An arch of the second bridge at Srinagar, Kashmir
Breaking China Stone With Water-Powered Trip Hammers
Shiva in the pose called 'dakshinamurti'.
Kharak Singh
Buddhist stupa at Sarnath, Benaras
Abhisarika Nayika
A Wine Distiller
Malavi Ragini
Man Fluffing Cotton
A Maratha couple
Ranjit Singh
Bohemian Waxwing
Mubarak ud-Daula, Nawab of Murshidabad, in durbar with the British Resident, Sir John Hadley D'Oyly
One of sixty-three drawings from an Album depicting Sinhalese occupations and castes.
Man Selling Rat Poison
Maharaja Gulab Singh
One of four paintings of Hindu deities.
Harihara attended by Parvati and Lakshmi
Copy of painting in the caves of Ajanta (Cave 2)
Portrait of Begam Samru
A Beggar
Depictions of a Indian spotted owlet and a Indian white-eye of Northern India
Krishna
Depictions of a Plumbeous redstart and a Kingfisher of Northern India
Portrait of Wu Bingjian (Howqua)
Maharaja Shiraj Rawatji Sri Pirthi Singh
Mubarak ud-Daula, Nawab of Murshidabad, ca .1795 - ca. 1805
Shiva in his local form of Tyagarajaswamy (Somaskanda) worshipped at Tiruvarur
Varari Ragini
Emperor Farrukhsiyar
Untitled
Nataraja (Shiva as lord of the dance)
Woman Making Winter Caps
A parrot
Untitled
The Imambara, Lucknow
Depictions of a White wagtail and a Brahminy duck of Northern India
Nata Ragini
The Diwan-i Khas or Private Hall of Audience, Delhi.
One of Forty-two drawings of occupations and conveyances
The Jami Masjid, Lahore
Processional scene with Amar Singh, ruler of Thanjavur (Tanjore), and Sarabhoji
A Shoe Mender
One of six paintings of occupations
A Maratha broadsword teacher and his wife
Rajah Ali Gour, a Gukkur chief of Khanpore in Huzzara
An album containing fifty-three drawings depicting occupations.
Nawab Sheik Imam-u-din, late Governor of Kashmir
Pratap Singh
Depictions of a Grey-backed shrike of Northern India
Maharaja Sher Singh
Man Selling Salted Fish
Derbyan Parakeet
One scene of a wedding: bride and groom paying respect to the ancestors
Vishnu, Garuda and Hanuman
Two Indian ladies, one with a drum, the other with a sarangi.
A Dancing-girl
Maharaja Kharak Singh
Depictions of a sandpiper and Garganey goose of Northern India
Man Singing Dragon Boat Songs
Untitled
Man Selling Mutton
A scene from the Ramayana.
Untitled
Dog Breaking Rice From the Husk
Maharaja Sawai Isri Singh
One of five drawings of Sikh heroes
Copy of painting inside the caves of Ajanta (Cave 1)
One scene of a wedding: the bride and her dowry on her way to her new home
Woman and Performing Monkey
The Burmese Prime Minister
Malabar weaver caste
A Glass Grinder
One of twenty-four paintings of South Indian castes and occupations.
A Comb Seller
Hanuman before Rama, Sita and Lakshmana
A wooden panel containing ten ivory miniatures, formerly mounted in two bracelets, depicting Indian rulers.
Bird and Temple
Three religious mendicant couples
Bust portrait of Ahmad Baksh Khan
Vishnu in his form as Pandharinatha or Vithoba worshipped at Pandharpur (Maharashtra)
Shiva in his form as Bichandi or Bhikshatana
An Indian lady reclining on a couch in the open verandah of a palace.
Depictions of a common Indian bee-eater and a Indian purple sunbird of Northern India
One of eight paintings of occupations and ceremonies.
Kharak Singh
Portrait of Rani Mudai
Raja Nau Nihal Singh and Raja Dhian Singh
Portrait of Akbar II with Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalf and court dignitaries
Sati ceremony
Prince and his attendants visiting an ashram
View of Fatehpur Sikri, Agra
A Fortune Teller
The Red Fort, Agra
Vilaval Ragini
Akbar II on an elephant
Boy Selling Cakes
Suramananda Raga
A clerk and his wife
Alhaiya Raga
Untitled
Indrajit, Rama and Lakshmana
Narasimha, the fourth avatara of Vishnu.
Gateway to the Taj Mahal
Depictions of a Grey partridge and a Indian tree-pie of Northern India
A chaprasi
Man Making Incense Sticks
A Street Conjurer
A South Indian sepoy and his wife
One of Thirty-two paintings depicting festivals, ceremonies and occupations.
Shiva, Ganesh and Kartikeya
Mother and child
Hindu Temple, Duabe near Manpore
Hanuman
Untitled
Oxen Treading China Stone in Pits
A Bengali courtesan
An Itinerant Barber
Parasurama Holding an axe and a Lotus Bud
Shiva and Parvati
Maharana Sangram Singh
Raja Dhian Singh
A couple from Kanara
Man Drilling Seed Pearls
Krishna
Two Hindu Ascetics
One of twenty mica paintings depicting Hindu deities and festival processions with decorated cars.
Tilly Kettle painting a portrait of Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons
Sawant Singh
A Dhobi and his wife
Vishnu as Narasimha
Golden pheasant
A Florist
Untitled
A Carpenter
Dara Shikoh
A warrior and his wife
Panoramic view of the city of Lahore showing the Lahore Fort on the right.
A Clog Maker
Vishnu seated in his heaven, Vaikuntha, upon the coils of the serpent of eternity, Ananta.
A Hindu temple near the waterfall at Simla
Amar Singh of Udaipur
Depictions of a Gadwall duck and Pintailed duck of Northern India
A Shawl goat
Depictions of a Coppersmith and a Red jungle-fowl of Northern India
Mining China Stone
Portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah
Vipralabdha Nayika
Untitled
The rakshasa Kabandha supporting Rama and Lakshmana on his arms.
Mulraj, governor of Multan
An Ascetic Monk Torturing Himself
Applying Paint
Depictions of Night heron (male) and Adjutant bird of Northern India
Raja Bhau Singh
Copy of painting inside the caves of Ajanta (Cave 2)
Raja Bahadur Singh of Bhoti and Wazir Labh
A Knife Sharpener
Kalyan Ragini
A Peep Show
Depictions of a Green pigeon (?) and a Common house-swift of Northern India
Asavari Ragini
One of three paintings of Hindu deities.
Depictions of a Indian house-sparrow and a Painted sand-grouse (male) of Northern India
The infant Krishna
Vishnu as Varadarajaswami with his two 'shaktis', Shri Devi and Bhumi Devi.
A Bearer
A Vegetable Seller
Malayali Muslims of the Mopla caste
Mian Jai Singh
Coronation of Rama and Sita.
Depictions of a Magpie robin and a Himalayan black bulbul of Northern India
Man Making Rice Huller
Nadir Shah
One of five drawings of occupations and types.
Narasimha
Hanuman, Rama and Sita
Portrait of Tukoji II, the Maharaja Holkar of Indore, seated under a looped crimson curtain.
One of eight paintings of unidentified Hindu temples in South India
Maharaja Bhao Singh
Oxen drawing water
Hookah Maker
Indian sports
Man Writing on Lanterns
Depictions of a Demoiselle crane and a White-necked stork, of Northern India
Sugar Apples
A Manure Collector
Emperor's Boat
Sikh marriage procession
Detail of pietra dura work from the Diwan-i Am, Delhi Palace and Fort
Parvati offering wine to Siva
Matangi Devi
Gulab Singh
Bangali ragini
Raja Pratap Chand
Monk Begging on Behalf of His Monastery
Untitled
Ajit Singh Sandhawalia
Maharao Ram Singh of Kota
Depictions of a India pitta and Brown-backed Indian robin of Northern India
Utka Nayika
A 'maina'
Raja Dhian Singh
Panoramic view of the Golden Temple, Amritsar, with the surrounding water tank and buildings.
One of five paintings of Indian ladies.
Nawab Sikander Jah
A Broom Seller
Brahma
Bhairava raga
A parakeet
Woman Weaving Cotton
Rama, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman
Vishnu
Depictions of a Bengal green pigeon and a Plumbeous redsatart of Northern India
Boy Playing With Bird
Portrait of Thakur Bhoj Raj Singh
Portrait of Sayyid Mirza Azim Beg
Man Selling Incense Sticks
Rani Jindan
An Indian gentleman
Thakur Padam Singh
One of twelve paintings of Hindu deities.
A Tailor
Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha
Raja Jai Singh of Kulu
The royal procession of Shah Alam II with his army processing from right to left along the banks of a river.
A tiger hunt at Jhajjar, Rohtak District, Panjab
An Earthenware Seller
Kharak Singh
A Stone Cutter
The Temple of Shiva at Jambukeshvara near Shrirangam.
One of three drawings of Indian craftsmen.
Mian Dalbir Chand
Man Collecting Dung
The Jami Masjid, Delhi
A Brahmin and his wife
Hindu bairagis preparing for a festival outside a shrine
An Indian Man
A Weight-thrower
Man Pounding Rice
The Sheep-eater exhibiting his powers at Fategarh in Uttar Pradesh on 3 March 1796
Pancham Raga
A bird on a branch
The Taj Mahal, Agra, in a gilt frame surrounded by eight smaller views.
A Wok Mender
A Hindu ascetic and his wife
A Maratha Couple
The Nishat Bagh
Two birds on a branch
Shiva and Parvati on the bull Nandi
A Clothes Mender
Grain Shop Poona
A Muslim ascetic and his wife
A Porcelain Mender
A Maratha tailor and his wife
Mosque of Asaf ud-Daula, Lucknow
Woman Embroidering
One of seven drawings of people and occupations and a lion.
A potter and his wife
A scroll-painting
View on the Mar Canal at Srinagar, Kashmir
One of two portraits.
Hanuman and Rama
Depictions of Indian house crow and a Indian paradise flycatcher of Northern India
One of six figures from the Mughal emperor's ceremonial procession on the occasion of the Id
Depictions of a Eastern peregrine falcon and Cherrug falcon of Northern India
Narasimha and Hiranyakasipu
Man Selling Soup
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
The god Subrahmanya, the god of war.
Radha
Maharana Sangram Singh receives the embassy of Johan Josua Ketelaar
Lakshmi
Indian School Calcutta
Raja Bhupal Dev of Jasrota, Raja Dalip Singh and Raja Daya Dhat
Untitled
Mian Mukand Dev
Rama and Sita
Narasimha
Raja Jai Singh III
Watering Tea Plants
The temple of Shri Ranganatha
A branch of a mango tree ('Mangifera Indica') bearing unripe fruits
Man Selling Sweet Cakes
Female Indian robin (?)
A Pipe Maker
A Tobacco Cutter
Murtaza Khan
Maharao Chhatar Sal
One of four drawings of inhabitants of Delhi.
Sawai Prithi Singh
Candallah, Bhore Ghauts
A Pancake Seller
A Brahmin story-teller and his wife
Indra, chief of the gods and the guardian of the east, on his elephant, Airavata.
Depictions of a Domestic goose and Black ibis inocotis, of Northern India
A Bird Seller
Raja Ranbir Singh
Nau Nihal Singh
One of sixteen paintings of unidentified South Indian temples.
Anopshur
Lake with Cattle, China
The Indian Court and Elephant Trappings
An Indian metal-worker seated cross-legged with his assistant, who raises and hammer, and another figure standing behind
Chinese landscape with bridge
A Chinese River
Near Midnapore, Bengal
Chinese Observing the British (Lord Macartney's) Embassy
Album of topographical views in India
Boats and Village by a Stream, China
View near Bandell, India
A Wayside Temple, China
Chinese Temple, Evening
Darbar at Shaikabad, 1860
Rocks and a Hill Town, China
Self-portrait
Shah Shuja-ool-Mulk
Istakball or public entry of H. R. H. Abbas Mirza at Tehran after the Campaign in Khorassan on the 15th. of June 1833
Palace of the Gaekwad of Baroda (Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara), India
A Chinese River, with a figure on the bank
Young son of Shah Shuja Lodiana
In the Garden House Reach, Calcutta
Mir Miran Hal Kuds Sherif Mushrafi Md. Hyder Pacha
A Chinese lady with attendant
Benares on the Ganges
Boat with Yellow Sail, China
Ruined tomb with Hindu ablutions
A Riverside Encampment, China
View of Macao
Shipping on a Chinese River
Patans, who come to India to sell Persian Cats, 1835-1838
The Taj Mahal on the River Jumna at Agra
Chunar Gur
An ayah in a blue choli carrying a china ewer and basin