Title

'Arjuna and the River Nymph', 1913. Creator: Warwick Goble.

Caption

'Arjuna and the River Nymph', 1913. Arjuna releases the apsara, or divine nymph from the curse of a sage to live as a crocodile. From "Indian Myth and Legend", by Donald A. Mackenzie. [The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, London, 1913]

Date

1913

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM20A33_111

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,1Mb (3,7Mb) / 12,4in x 19,7in / 3725 x 5918 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel nature Mackenzie Donald Alexander Mackenzie Warwick Goble Goble Warwick Donald Alexander Gresham Publishing Company Gresham Publishing Co Ltd Donald A Mackenzie Donald Mackenzie Indian Myth and Legend leaves river animal people Asian beauty India Asia religious Indian flower flowers plant plants arts country religion Buddhism reptile reptiles leaf book continent weapon weapons geography journey color quiver crocodile crocodiles beautiful royal Hinduism war location century liberation rescue pilgrimage literature royalty concept legend lotus myth curse riverbank hero bow and arrow metaphor cursed heroic lotus flower warfare prince heroism Colour nymph weaponry legendary 1910s 20th century The Print Collector Arjuna aspara damsel in distress geographical feature Hindoostan portrait water nymph Brian O'Connor photograph photograph portrait portrait