The National Museum of India has a wonderful collection of miniature paintings. The first one above is an illustration of a Christian story told by Indian miniature painters- as a result of contact between late-medieval English royalty and Indian royalty... there are 2 details from this exquisite thing, which is about the sizeof an A4 sheet. The other painting is a Girl with a sparkler. It's postcard-sized. The photographer reflected herself in the photo in quite an arty way, if unintentional.
There are rooms and rooms of these lovely things. I'm really glad I'd got my new glasses. I'm less glad that I forgot to put them on. Can't imagine what happened to the painters' eyesight. Anyway, the World is a Small Place.
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