A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s2.110
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s2.110
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waters of the Jumna. Sometimes she is shown in the act of discharging a squib herself.¹ In folio 4 of vol. xv of the Johnson Collection, the lady, clad in bright scarlet and standing against a background of inky darkness, produces a very impressive effect. A picture by Muhammad Fakīrullah Khān (folio 7 of the same volume), depicting the nocturnal pursuit of a warrior, is equally successful in bringing out the opposition of light and darkness. Other compositions exhibiting people grouped round a camp-fire aim at like effects.