Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.407

v2.c19.407

Wait, look at plate captions formatting in the book (this is Coomaraswamy, *Rajput Painting*, 1916, Plate LIX): Wait, let's check order: Usually, Plate A is at the top or on one side, Plate B on the other. Here, B is at the top of this scan, A is at the bottom. But wait, in the book, is A at the top or bottom? Or is the page upside down? Wait! Look at the letters of B: The letters in B: "PLATE LIX" is at the top. Underneath it is "B". Underneath that is the text. The image for B is on the left? No, the caption is printed ON the tissue paper! Ah! In Coomaraswamy's *Rajput Painting* (Oxford University Press, 1916), each plate is preceded by a tissue guard on which the description of the plate is printed! Wait, on the tissue guard, is the text printed on the front or the back? On the tissue guard, text is printed on the recto (facing the plate). When the tissue guard is turned over, you see it through the tissue, OR this IS the tissue guard scanned from the wrong side (or facing the plate, scanned through)! Wait, if it's printed on the tissue guard, why are there faint images behind it? Because the tissue guard is lying over the plate, or the plate was on the other side! Wait, look at the orientation of A and B: "PLATE LIX" "B" is right above the caption. Wait, look at "PLATE LIX" for A: "PLATE LIX" is above "A", above "कालीय दमन", above the paragraph! So both A and B have "PLATE LIX" at the top of their respective text blocks! Wait, in Plate LIX: Are A and B two separate pictures? Yes, Plate LIX has two pictures, or Plate LIX A and Plate LIX B. Wait, let's check: Top block: