The proper posture for female type; Hastini; male type; Ashva, by Govardhan

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

The proper posture for female type; Hastini; male type; Ashva, by Govardhan. Bodycolour including white, pen and ink with gold on paper, height 199mm, width 136mm, circa 1678.

Image data

Accession Number: PD.205-1948.23
The proper posture for female type; Hastini; male type; Ashva, by Govardhan. Bodycolour including white, pen and ink with gold on paper, height 199mm, width 136mm, circa 1678.
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Image height: 1365 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Filesize: 167.88kB

Key words

17th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd Bikaner School bodycolour couple erotic female female nude Fitz_PDP Indian intercourse intimate Kama Sutra lovers male male nude miniature naked nudity pleasure prince sexual

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024)
            "The proper posture for female type; Hastini; male type; Ashva, by Govardhan"
            Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-234123994 Accessed: 2024-11-25 00:39:24

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-234123994
            |title=The proper posture for female type; Hastini; male type; Ashva, by Govardhan
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 00:39:24|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-375272033

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/649/508/large_PD_205_1948_23_mas.jpg"
        alt="The proper posture for female type; Hastini; male type; Ashva, by Govardhan"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The proper posture for female type; Hastini; male type; Ashva, by Govardhan</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>