Posted on by Ian Day

A whiter shade of pale: an elegant noblewoman walks through a bleak landscape and turns back to see a white peacock. It follows her & is fascinated by the pearl jewellery she holds up. She wears a flowing white lehenga & an orange chunarī.
Nurpur, Odisha, 1795 – 1805 #India (via @LloydLlewJ)

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