Rani Laxmi Bai from Victoria & Albert Museum London

Painting (1885) of Rani Laxmi Bai from Victoria & Albert Museum London. Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi on horseback. Although she is sometimes depicted in male dress, she is shown here wearing a red outfit and a plumed hat, large earrings, bracelet and necklace. In her right hand the Rani holds a small riding crop and the horse's reins in her left....!