Rabindranath Tagore's painting "From Across The Dark" shattered records, fetching a remarkable Rs 10.7 crore at an Astaguru auction. This masterpiece, gifted to the princess of Kasmanda in 1937, now stands as the highest-priced Tagore artwork globally.

The Electrification of Calcutta.Early 1900's. British India, Calcutta (Kolkata).
W.T. Glover and Company (Manchester) Archives.

Restored photographs.
📸 - Philip Thornton.
#Calcutta #Kolkata

Germanys most beautiful steam train ride through the Harz Nationalpark 😲.
📹- photography_tom.
📌 Germany.
#explore #steamtrain
#germany

Map of Radio broadcasting in India at the start of 1938,Of the present day India only Calcutta,Delhi,Lucknow, Chennai,Mumbai & Trichy had radio stations.Peshawar, Dhaka & Lahore also had.Interestingly Karachi had none and also central India is missing.
📸- Heritage times.

Bengal - East India Table Sauce.
1870's United States America/India/United Kingdom.
Imported by G. T. Rogers, Binghamton New York.
📌 Calcutta.
#kolkata

In 1886, Englishman Thomas Stevens became the first person to cycle around the world. He did it on a penny farthing, with a raincoat that doubled as a tent & bedroll. His handlebar bag held fresh socks, an extra shirt, and a pocket revolver.

#BicycleBirthday Thomas Stevens
December 24 (1854-1935)

Trying out some Ohuhu markers I got gifted, sadly not a brush tip but they’re still very nice compared to my cheapo markers

Should have said with this one: this idea comes courtesy of @theinfophile.bsky.social.

Thank you, you were right

An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour

Free kick King 👑 in football.
Boy >Cristiano Ronaldo,David Beckham.

It's called the Ames Room, and it was invented by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames Jr. in 1946 to screw with your brain.
📹 - Massimo.

Thousands gather in Anguiano, Spain, to watch the 17th-century Dance of the Stilts, where performers balance and spin on 50-centimetre-high stilts.

📹- bestpartofworld.
#Anguiano #Spain #culture

Soprano mastery: Monica Schwartz hitting high notes with incredible muscle control.

#MonicaSchwartz