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  • A seated courtesan playing a sitar. Watercolour drawing.
  • A seated courtesan playing a sitar. Watercolour drawing.
  • An Indian man is sitting on a carpet playing the sitar; below, the sitar and a musical scale. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • An Indian man is sitting on a carpet playing the sitar; below, the sitar and a musical scale. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • A musician holding a sitar. Watercolour by an Indian painter.
  • Sarasvati with her sitar and peacock. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A courtesan playing a sitar. Watercolour by an Indian artist, ca. 1890.
  • An Indian musician playing a sitar (stringed instrument). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • An intoxicated Shiva holding a sitar or tambura in the form of a lingam. Watercolour drawing.
  • Shiva sits on a tiger skin with sitar in hand. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, 18--.
  • A seated Indian woman plays a sitar next to a garden pond. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma,1800s.
  • A seated Indian woman plays a sitar next to a garden pond. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma,1800s.
  • Two women beckoning two musicians with a sitar (?) and a tabla (?). Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • 'Sita Vanavasa' or Sita in exile.
  • Sita in exile. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.
  • Hanuman before Rama and Sita and attendant. Gouache drawing.
  • Rama and Sita enthroned with servant and monkey. Lithograph.
  • Hanuman revealing Rama and Sita in his heart. Watercolour drawing.
  • Sita in captivity in Lanka being tempted by Ravana. Chromolithograph.
  • Rama and Sita enthroned attended by Hanuman, Bharata and Laksmana. Chromolithograph.
  • Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Rama enthroned with Sita surrounded by Hanuman, Garuda, Krishna and one other. Chromolithgraph.
  • Page 103: Hanuman leading an elephant carrying Rama, Sita and Laksmana. Watercolour drawing.
  • Page 158: Rama and Sita enthroned with Hanuman, Laksmana and others in attendance. Gouache drawing.
  • Ravana slaughtering Jatayu the vulture, while an abducted Sita looks away in horror. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Hanuman kneeling with tail encircling Rama and Sita in bed, while several monkeys circle around Ravana. Gouache drawing.
  • Page 121: Sita being lured by a disguised Ravana, while Rama and Laksmana hunt in the forest. Watercolour drawing.
  • Shri Rama sitting with his wife Sita, and his devotee Hanuman holding his foot. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Hanuman defeating demons in Sri Lanka while Sita sits under a tree;  Bhima killing Jarasamdha watched by Krishna. Transfer lithograph.