Exhibition Type: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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
The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room at the National Museum of Asian Art. Image © John Bigelow Taylor