Raja Collection

The Maharajah of Mysore, WW1
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV GCSI, GBE (June 4, 1884 August 3, 1940, Bangalore Palace), also known popularly as Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar

Skate, stingray and thornback ray
Skate, Dipturus batis 8, 9, stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca 10, and thornback ray, Raja clavata 11. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Turkey. Istanbul. Tomb of Raghib Pasha
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Turkey. Istanbul. Tomb of Raghib Pasha. Engraving by Lemaitre, Dumouxa and Ch. Lalaisse. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

The Princess and the Tiger
Princess Manorama Raja, daughter of the Maharaja of Indore, with the body of a tiger she has killed. Date: circa 1925

Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, Raja of Mysore (1794-1868)

Common torpedo ray, Raja torpedo. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Ray, shark, sturgeon, lamprey, etc
Marine creatures: hagfish, Myxine glutinosa 1, river lamprey eel, Petromyzon fluviatilis 2, torpedo ray, Raja torpedo ocellata 3, great white shark, Squalus carcharias, vulnerable 4, rat fish

Common stingray, thornback ray, and clubnose guitarfish
Common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca, thornback ray, Raja clavata, and clubnose guitarfish, Glaucostegus thouin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Dequevauviller after an illustration by

Thornback ray, torpedo, and eagle ray
Thornback ray, Raja clavata (Raia rubus), torpedo, Torpedo torpedo, and eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Miss Coignet after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

Thornback ray, Raja clavata (near threatened). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Thornback ray, cownose ray and giant devil ray
Thornback ray, Raja clavata 1, Lusitanian cownose ray, Rhinoptera marginata 2, and giant devil ray, Mobula mobular 3, endangered. Raies: Raja bouclee, Raja mourine, Raja cephaloptera

Carved pillars in the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, ancient residence of Raja Raja Thirumalai sowri at Madurai, India. Copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Sculptures in the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai, India
Sculptures in the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, ancient residence of Raja Raja Thirumalai sowri at Madurai, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Interior of the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai, India
Interior of the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, ancient residence of Raja Raja Thirumalai sowri at Madurai, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Raja Shivaji, last Raja of Thanjavur (Tanjore), Bhonsie dynasty. Seated on a carpet, waited on by courtiers and servants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bonatti after Francois Solvyns

Common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca (Sting ray, Raja pastinacea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Common torpedo, Raja torpedo
Common torpedo or eyed electric ray, Raja torpedo. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Thornback skate, Raja clavata. Near threatened. Rough ray, Raja rubus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata. Vulnerable
Thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata (Starry ray, Raja radiata). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Brown skate or mirror ray, Raja miraletus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Skates and rays
Skate, Dipturus batis 1, 2, long-nosed skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus 3, 4, eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila 5, stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca 6, thornback ray, Raja clavata 7, 8

Bottlenose skate and electric rays
Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Deb Raja, administrative leader of Bhutan, South Asia
Deb Raja (Druk Desi), administrative leader of in Bhutan, South Asia. Date: 1922

Florence, Italy - Cascine - Monument to an Indian Maharajah
Florence, Tuscany, Italy - at the east end of the Parco delle Cascine - Monumento all Indiano (Monument to the Indian), more specifically the Monument to the Maratha Maharajah of Kohlapur

Rajah Tipu Observatory, Bengaluru (Bangalore), India
Tipu Sultan (Tippoo Saib) Observatory - Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. Date: circa 1910s

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 4
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 3
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 2
A Mahout splashes water on an elephant while giving it a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Mahout bathes an elephant, Sri Lanka - 1
Mahout rests on Raja, an old blind elephant, after giving him a bath in the River Maha Oya near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka Date: 1994

The Raja of Lakhtar
Thakore Sahib Karansinhji Vajirajji (1846-1924), Raja of Lakhtar, Gujarat, India. Date: circa 1890s

Abu Bakar, Sultan of Johore (Johor), Malaysia (Sultan Sir Abu Bakar ibni Al-Marhum Tun Temenggung Raja Daing Ibrahim, 1833-1895). 1891

Bantony Cottage - residence of Maharajah of Sirmur (Nahan)
Bantony Cottage - residence of Maharajah of Sirmur (Raja Nahan) at Shimla, the capital and also the largest city of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, located in northern India

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - Man Mandir Ghat
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - regarded as the spiritual capital of India - the Man Mandir Ghat, built by Rajah Man Singh in 1600, showing Jai Singhs stone observatory on the roof Date: circa 1910s

Leucoraja circularis, or Sandy Ray
Leucoraja naevus, known as Cuckoo Ray or Cuckoo Skate. Date: 1862

Raia clavata, or Thornback Ray
Raia clavata, also known as Thornback Ray and Thornback Skate. Date: 1862

Raja rhina, or Longnose Skate. Date: 1862

Pakistan - Rawalpindi -The Raja Bazaar Date: circa 1920s

The Aceh War - Indonesia, Sumatra - Banda Aceh
The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (18731913), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh

Old man at Ram Raja Temple, Orchha, India
An old man outside the Ram Raja Temple, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Dedicated to Lord Ram or Rama, the temple was built in the 16th century in the centre of the city of Orchha

Jehangir Mahal Temple, Madhya Pradesh, India
The Jehangir Mahal Temple, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was built by Raja Bir Singh Ju Deo in the 17th century to commemorate the visit of Emperor Jehangir. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ram Raja Temple at Orchha
The Ram Raja Temple at Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India. Orchha was founded in the 16th century by the Bundela Rajput chieftain, Rudra Pratap

Sarawak / Brooke Home
The bungalow of Sir James Brooke, governor and raja of Sarawak, Borneo. Date: 1858

Leucoraja fullonica, or Shagreen Ray, also known as Rough Flapper, French Ray and Dun Cow. Date: 1862

Raia marginata, or Bordered Ray. Date: 1862

Raia microcellata, or Painted Ray. Date: 1862

Raia montagui, or Spotted Homelyn Ray. Date: 1862

Raia radiata, or Starry Ray. Date: 1862

Raja marginata, skate egg case
Specimen jar containing the egg case of a skate (Raja marginata), popularly known as a mermaids purse. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

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