Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.396

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Wait, looking closely at the image: The text is mirrored left-to-right (it's the reverse side of a plate description page or a protective tissue page showing through in mirror image). Let's see if the page itself is upside down or backwards: Looking at "PLATE LIX" – it reads backwards: "XI⅃ ƎTA⅃ꟼ" or upside down? Wait: "PLATE LIX" is oriented upside down and mirrored? Let's rotate 180 degrees: If rotated 180 degrees: Top becomes bottom: Bottom text: "PLATE LIX" "A" "[Devanagari]" "The quelling of Kāliya..." Wait! Let's rotate 180 degrees mentally: Looking at bottom right (if rotated 180): `PLATE LIX` `A` Then Devanagari: `कालीय दमन` (mirrored?) Wait, no: Let's read bottom block directly: "PLATE LIX" - wait, in the current orientation: "ƎTA⅃ꟼ XI⅃" -> no, it is "PLATE LIX" upside down and mirrored? Let's check letters: In the bottom section: `b .sdāM ꟼ .bslɒᙠ to noizzɘzzoq ɘrt nI` -> "In the possession of Balak R. Mehta, Esq." It is mirror-image! Wait, if you flip horizontally: "In the possession of..." And it is oriented right-side up, but horizontally mirrored (a mirror image of the page), or is it rotated? Let's read the bottom lines from right to left: `Vol. i, pp. 31, 32; see also Plates v, x, xlii, and liii` -> wait, it reads left-to-right backwards: `Vol. i, pp. 31, 32; see also Plates v, x, xlii, and liii.` is mirrored: `iiii bns ,iilx ,x ,v zɘtslꟼ oꙅls ɘɘꙅ ;SƐ ,IƐ .qq ,i .loV` And it is at the bottom of the page! Wait, the letters are upside down? Look at "P L A T E L I X": The letters P, L, A, T, E are upside down! Wait, if you rotate 180 degrees: Then the top becomes bottom. Let's inspect: Bottom right has: "P L A T E L I X" -> wait, upside down: If upside down: L is upside down? No, look at "B" between the two plates? No, "B" is near the top image! Wait, top image has: "PLATE LIX" "B" "RĀS-LĪLĀ. Chōtī-sāṭh." Wait! The letters are NOT upside down, they are upside down AND backwards (i.e. rotated 180 and flipped, or rotated 90?). Wait, look at the letter 'A': Above the text in the lower half: There is an 'A' below "PLATE LIX" - wait, "A" is upright or upside down? Look at: `PLATE LIX` Wait, P is rotated: the loop is on the right, but at the bottom? No, the image is rotated 90 degrees or 180 degrees! Let's look at the figures in the plates: The top image shows human figures: heads are at the left or right? Wait! Look at the top image: heads of figures are at the LEFT or bottom? Look at the bottom image: an elephant or Krishna on Kaliya? There are coils of a snake! The coils are oriented vertically or horizontally? Kaliya's snake body has human torsos with multi-headed serpents. The serpent heads/human figures are facing towards the left/top? Wait, look at the orientation of the whole page: The page is a vertical scan (portrait). Let's read the text: In the top image caption: `B` `Rās-līlā, Chōtī-sāṭh. Musicians accompanying a dance of` `Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa (prema-ranga) Unfinished drawing partly` `coloured. Pahāṛī (Kāṅgṛā) late 18th century; size of original` `5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 32. Cf. Plate x.`