Two album pages illustrating a Ragamala, North India, possibly Jaipur or Punjab, 19th century Gouache and gold on cardboard depicting for the first time Bhairava Raga, the haloed god Shiva seated on a throne in the company of his parèdre on a palace terrace, the couple surrounded by women entertaining them with music, serving them or fanning them with a morshal flycatcher. Floral border on a midnight-blue background. The second, Lalita Ragini, is a nocturnal scene depicting a lover leaving his sleeping beloved watched over by a maid, holding two garlands of flowers in his hand and seemingly joining another woman standing in a neighboring pavilion. Floral border on apple-green background. On the back of each, pencilled inscription: 'Chamber Library, Duke of Newcastle' and handwritten Persian inscription in black ink. Framed. Dim. pages: 32.3 x 24.3 and 32.8 x 25 cm; dim. painting: 27.5 x 19.5 and 27.2 x 19.8 cm Several repaints, including an entire woman's face on the first, polychromy marks, wear, traces of adhesive, damaged corners, small tear at the top of the second. Provenance: Galerie Joseph Soustiel, Art Musulman, Paris (labels on back).