Thomas Maurice
Three engravings by Thomas Maurice
Year: 1786
Size: 12.9 x 14.9 Inches
Three engravings in mounts with long and extended captions, showing Lord Krishna in various postures, from a book by Thomas Maurice, Circa 1790.Mounted & Pasted
(i) The Serpent Biting Creeshna Heel
Size: 25.4 x 16.5 cm (10 x 6.5 inches)
(ii) Creeshna Trampling on the head of the Crushed Serpent
Size: 25.4 x 15.7 cm (10 x 6.2 Inches)
(III)The twenty-eight Hindoo Lunar Mansions (Nakshatra) ( the Lunar Mansions are 28 divisions of the sky presumably selected as approximate ?Moon stations? on successive nights.)
Image Size: 20.8 x 26.3 cm (8 x 10.3 Inches)
mount Size: 33 x 38 cm(12.9 x 14.9 Inches).
Provenance : Property of a Goan collector
About Artist
Thomas Maurice (1754 - 1824)
Maurice, an English divine and scholar, noted particularly for his studies of the antiquities of India, was born about 1755 at Hertford. His turn for historical studies had been fostered at University College by his distinguished tutor Lord…...Read More
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