A lady (Radha) waiting for her lover, Pahari School

An image of Miniature. A lady (Radha) waiting for her lover, standing upon a bed of leaves, under a tree on night of storm. Unknown miniaturist. Watercolour, bodycolour including white, pen and ink with gold on paper, height 211 mm, width 139 mm, circa 1790. Pahari. Acquisition Credit: Bequeathed by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles in 1946 through the National Art Collections Fund.

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Miniature. A lady (Radha) waiting for her lover, standing upon a bed of leaves, under a tree on night of storm. Unknown miniaturist. Watercolour, bodycolour including white, pen and ink with gold on paper, height 211 mm, width 139 mm, circa 1790. Pahari. Acquisition Credit: Bequeathed by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles in 1946 through the National Art Collections Fund.

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Accession Number: PD.126-1948
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1408 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 213.45kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:08:27 14:02:33

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