Krishna slaying the demon Vyomasura, Scene from the Bhagavata Purana, North India, Pahari School, Kangra or Guler, mid-18th century Pencil and black ink drawing on paper depicting Krishna, 8th avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, defeating the demon as his fellow cowherds and their herd look on. The scene is outlined in black. 24.1 x 27.3 cm Folio cut out, folds, small holes filled (restorations), wetness, stains, small edge tears. Drawings 194 and 195 are closely related in technique, style and format to drawings by the artist Manaku de Guler (c. 1704 - 1761/62), such as those in the San Diego Museum of Art from the Edwin Binney Collection (1990.1237 and 1990. 1238) and a whole series in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich (e.g. 2005. 100-105). All appear to have illustrated a Bhagavata Purana, the sacred Hindu book for devotees of Vishnu, said to have been produced by the artist in Guler around 1740, an attribution it is tempting to propose for these two drawings.