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‘Men and Gods, and Things’

‘Men and Gods, and Things’ Art Production and Collection in Edward Moor’s The Hindu Pantheon (1810). Holly Shaffer PhD Candidate, History of Art Yale University. Right: Bronze figure of Ganesa . 18 th century, Maharashtra. British museum Moor Collection (1940,0716.1.a).

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‘Men and Gods, and Things’

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  1. ‘Men and Gods, and Things’ Art Production and Collection in Edward Moor’s TheHindu Pantheon (1810) Holly Shaffer PhD Candidate, History of Art Yale University

  2. Right: Bronze figure of Ganesa. 18th century, Maharashtra. British museum Moor Collection (1940,0716.1.a). Left: Plate 1 in The Hindu Pantheon (1810).

  3. Visnu in the form of Kūrma, the second avatar of the god. Circa 1800, Jaipur? British Museum (1940,0713,0.26). Plate 49 in The Hindu Pantheon (1810). Female devotee worshipping Siva in the form of a linga. Circa 1800, Jaipur? British Museum (1940,0713,0.52). Plate 22 in The Hindu Pantheon (1810).

  4. Ganesa and Sarasvati accompanied by a female attendant. 1800-1805, Pune. British Museum Moor Collection (1940,0713,0.232). Plate 45 in The Hindu Pantheon (1810). Ganesa, 18th century, Maharashtra. British Museum Moor Collection (1974,0617,0.14.15).

  5. Visnu seated on an elephant composed of the interlocking forms of female attendants. 1800-1805. British Museum Moor Collection (1940,0713,0.244). Plate 65 in The Hindu Pantheon (1810).

  6. Hanuman wrestling with Garuda, Pune, 1800-1805. Moor Collection, British Museum (1940,0713,0.214). Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, Three Jeyties Exercising, 1792. Yale Center for British Art.

  7. Durga Slays the Buffalo Demon Bhangavan Singh and Ananda Singh Press, late 19th century, Pune, Wellcome Library. 18th century, Maharashtra, British Museum (1974,0617,0.14.29). 18th century, Maharashtra, Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum.

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