Two illustrations of Hindu deities: Vishnu as Venkateshvara and Krishna as Rajagopalaswamy, South India, Andhra Pradesh, probably Tirupati, late 18th century

goauche heightened with gold on paper, black and white rules, narrow blue border, the image of Vishnu inscribed on the reverse in black devanagari script ''shri lacchman ji'', the image of Krishna numbered on the reverse in Hindi numerals ''67''

27.3 by 18.7cm; 27.2 by 19.4cm.

Condition Report:
Margins trimmed, areas of abrasions and small tears at corners and edges, the damage more noticeable in the spandrels, a few repaired tears at edges, light staining to the paper with small areas of darker discolouration, small losses to pigments but colours are strong and vibrant, the image of Vishnu taped at corners to the mount, the image of Krishna rebacked, as viewed.