Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

Krishna embracing Radha. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Page 113: Krishna playing his flute to the cows and Radha who is immersed in the river, while an old man smoking a hookah observes. Watercolour drawing.

Radha and Krishna on a lotus flower. Watercolour drawing.

Radha and Krishna flanked by two devotees. Chromolithograph.

Krishna embracing Radha. Chromolithograph.

Rādhā and Krishna embrace in the countryside. Chromolithograph, 1882.

Krishna combing Radha's hair with attendant in the background. Chromolithograph.

Krishna and Radha. Gouache drawing.

Radha and Krishna. Watercolour drawing.

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<p>Both figures have haloes. Radha raises her arm to hold the branch of a tree</p>

1 pouncing : pounced paper insufflated with carbon dust ; sheet 68.7 x 41.4

Krishna playing the flute to Radha. Pouncing.

<p>The god Krishna's love for the milkmaid Radha became a popular subject in both religious and secular painting and verse, and was sublimated as an allegory of the soul's relation to God</p>

1 drawing : watercolour, with pencil and silver

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Rādhā (Hindu deity)

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Krishna and Radha. Gouache drawing.

Page 113: Krishna playing his flute to the cows and Radha who is immersed in the river, while an old man smoking a hookah observes. Watercolour drawing.

Krishna playing the flute to Radha. Pouncing.

Radha and Krishna. Watercolour drawing.

Krishna declaring his love for Radha via a confidante. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

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Rādhā (Hindu deity)

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Krishna and Radha. Gouache drawing.

Page 113: Krishna playing his flute to the cows and Radha who is immersed in the river, while an old man smoking a hookah observes. Watercolour drawing.

Krishna playing the flute to Radha. Pouncing.

Radha and Krishna. Watercolour drawing.

Krishna declaring his love for Radha via a confidante. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

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