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Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the avataras of Vishnu.

Catalogue reference: Johnson 48

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Johnson 48
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Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the avataras of Vishnu.
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Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the 'avataras' of Vishnu. The original series of 10 was incomplete and was made up with 4 pictures of Lucknow manufacture, probably to Johnson's order (nos 1, 6, 8 and 9).

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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J.48
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Unpublished finding aids
Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 314
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Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the avataras of Vishnu.