Eight paintings of Hindu deities South India, early 19th Century...

Eight paintings of Hindu deities
South India, early 19th Century
pen and ink and watercolour on watermarked paper, all with English identifying inscriptions, laid down on orange paper borders
the largest 285 x 210 mm.; the smallest 267 x 170 mm.(8)
Provenance
Private UK collection.

The subjects are as follows:
1. Siva Nataraja trampling the Apasmara purusha (Sripoorasura).
2. Hanuman (Hanoomunha conveying to Ramah).
3. Krishna destroying the serpent Kaliya (Krishna about to destroy the serpent Kalyya, the Nereids his wives interceding).
4. Krishna fluting to a cow (Vanoogopaulum).
5. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita (Sothunaramah with his brother Lashmana and his wife Seeta).
6. Siva and Parvati riding on Nandi (Seevah and Paurvattee on Nanda).
7. Subrahmanaya, Valli and Devasena on a peacock (Soobrummaneya or Karthekayanam).
8. Vighneshvara riding on his bandicoot (Vanasvara).