The Museum exhibits Sanskrit and Persian manuscripts, miniature paintings, jewels, royal costumes, farmans (royal orders), portrait galleries, costumes, headgear and dresses of gods' idols, enamelware, silver, palanquins, howdahs and war drums.
Scholars liked intarsia images of musical instruments and books, and popes and monks ordered portraits of saints.
Sander Gilman's story of Jurek Becker is biography of the highest order, a portrait of an extraordinarily gifted artist whose hope and courage are manifested in his legacy as one of the greatest German writers of the past century.
Under public pressure, the other streets were renamed, and a court ordered the portrait taken down.
After 1900 Rodin's worldwide success attracted abundant orders for portrait busts from the United States, Germany, Austria, England, and France.
For the last eight decades, the corporation has commemorated its leaders once they have left office by ordering a portrait of them to hang in Broadcasting House in London.
Out of this tireless chronicling of a tumultuous decade came Cartier-Bresson's commitment to Magnum, and a second life as a global reportage photographer who merged street photography of the highest order with portraits that also carry his inimitable signature.
Orders for portraits from a few compatriots also helped him through difficult times.
Reilly ordered up portraits of Dean, which weren't nearly so warm.
