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A royal sage tells the father of the fishergirl of their marriage. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.

The painting on the wall, in the print, is of Diana, the huntress, in a landscape with bulldog

Paulo Purganti, a physician shrinking from his wife's caresses. Mezzotint.

Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Subhadrā is the sister of Krishna and Balarāma with whom she makes up the Jagannātha, and also the second wife of Arjuna. She was due to marry Duryodhana, but Arjuna carried her off at Krishna's suggestion and Balarāma eventually blessed their union

Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

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An essay on bashfulness / [by Samuel Charters].

The subject alludes to: C.R. Darwin, On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life, London 1860

The origin of species, dedicated by natural selection to Dr.

The evolution of a shuttlecock and bats into a sheep into a timid young man, and his hat into a baby into his umbrella; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.

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A royal sage tells the father of the fishergirl of their marriage. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.

Paulo Purganti, a physician shrinking from his wife's caresses. Mezzotint.

Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

An essay on bashfulness / [by Samuel Charters].

The evolution of a shuttlecock and bats into a sheep into a timid young man, and his hat into a baby into his umbrella; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.

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A royal sage tells the father of the fishergirl of their marriage. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.

Paulo Purganti, a physician shrinking from his wife's caresses. Mezzotint.

Ratudhvaja courting Madalasa with the help of a female chaperone. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Arjuna in disguise a dancing teacher wooing Subhadra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

An essay on bashfulness / [by Samuel Charters].

The evolution of a shuttlecock and bats into a sheep into a timid young man, and his hat into a baby into his umbrella; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.

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