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  • Lakshmi lustrated by two elephants. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon surrounded by deities on a stand within a torana. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Krishna playing the flute to a dancing Radha, two holy cows stand behind. Chromolithograph, 1897.
  • Vishnu flanked by two wives resting on Shesa, the serpent on the waters. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Durga on her lotus with symbols surrounded and attended by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Shiva enthroned with his family, Parvati and Ganesha, attended by Nandi, a lion and two attendants. Chromolithograph, 1885.
  • Shiva and Parvati sitting on their throne with Nandi the bull. Watercolour drawing.
  • Ganesha with his two wives and two female attendants, his rat and a lion with two heads all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph by Janaradna Vasudtya.
  • Shiva holding a deer, with his consort Parvati. Transfer lithograph.
  • Brass figure of Jvara with three heads and legs and six arms. Jvara is said to be the god of malarial fever. Probably a Hindu village deity.
  • Sarasvati sitting on lotuses plying her vina. Watercolour drawing.
  • Kali trampling Shiva. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Taraka standing on a dead body. Coloured lithograph.
  • Dhumávati on a temple chariot. Coloured lithograph.
  • Ganga and her transport. Gouache drawing.
  • Dasaratha being asked in court to banish Rama by Kaikeyi and her humpbacked female slave Manthara. Chromolithograph.
  • Saraswati sitting on a lotus with her elephant fish. Coloured lithograph.
  • Kālī standing triumphantly over Shiva. Chromolithograph.
  • Vishnu and Lakshmi seated on a lotus being attended by Garuda, Hanuman and female attendants, and hailed by elephants. Gouache drawing.
  • Narayan on the waters with Lakshmi massaging his legs surrounded by Narada, Maruti, Garuda and Tumbra, all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Hanuman defeating demons in Sri Lanka while Sita sits under a tree; Bhima killing Jarasamdha watched by Krishna. Transfer lithograph.
  • Hanuman kneeling with tail encircling Rama and Sita in bed, while several monkeys circle around Ravana. Gouache drawing.
  • Durga mounted on her lion fighting a demon army. Gouache drawing.
  • Kali standing on Shiva with a howling dog. Lithograph.
  • Consecration of Sri Lakshmi by the Elephants of Directions. Gouache drawing.
  • Ganga on her transport led by a worshipper, with an upside down elephant in the river. Coloured transfer lithograph.