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1731. Add Or 3370

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Add Or 3370
Title:
Chaitanya and his disciple Nityananda. Artist(s): Kanai Lal Ghosh (fl.1920s)
Scope & Content:
A painting illustrating a religious subject. Caitanya and his disciple Nityananda. By Kanai Lal Ghosh, Kalighat, c.1925. Water-colour, unfinished; 455 by 280 mm. Purchased by W.G. Archer at Kalighat in 1932 from the artist Kanai Lal Ghosh (born 1907), a relation of Nibaran and Kali Charan Gh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 Item

1732. Add Or 3376

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Add Or 3376
Title:
A courtesan playing on a tabla. Kansaripura Art Studio. Artist(s): Kansaripura Art Studio (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
A Kalighat-type chromolithograph depicting a courtesan playing on a ‘tabla.’ Printed at the Kansaripara Art Studio, 26, Kristo Das Pal’s Lane, Calcutta; 450 by 350 mm. Lettered in Bengali: ‘nalini sundari.’ Purchased by W.G. Archer in Kalighat, 1932. Purchased 1974. Note: Colour lithogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

1733. Add Or 3517

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3517
Title:
The circular dance.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The circular dance. Above, Radha and Krishna on a lotus. Below, six pairs of dancers, Krishna partnering simultaneously six different milkmaids. In all seven cases, he holds his flute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

1734. Add Or 3528

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3528
Title:
The circular dance.
Scope & Content:
The circular dance. Krishna dancing simultaneously with four milkmaids and embracing Radha in their midst. Below, Krishna milking a cow, Jasoda restraining the calf. At the bottom, Krishna, Sridam and Suphal herding cows. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.72.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

1735. Add Or 3798

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Add Or 3798
Title:
Two labourers with mattocks and a woman carrying earth
Scope & Content:
Two labourers with mattocks and a woman carrying earth. Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘The Earth digger man and his family.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

1736. Add Or 3799

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3799
Title:
A man drawing water from a well and three women with water-pots
Scope & Content:
A man drawing water from a well and three women with water-pots.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

1737. Add Or 3800

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3800
Title:
An ascetic balancing on a rope above a fire
Scope & Content:
An ascetic balancing on a rope above a fire; a man and woman standing by. Inscribed on front in pencil; ‘The Sage swinging upon the rope, under fire.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

1738. Add Or 3801

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3801
Title:
Four women performing a stick-dance accompanied by two male musicians playing on pipes.
Scope & Content:
Four women performing a stick-dance accompanied by two male musicians playing on pipes.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

1739. Add Or 3809

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3809
Title:
Man requesting alms of a youth
Scope & Content:
A man requesting alms of a youth. Mughal, c.1890 (after a Persian original). Presented by Lady Fermor, February 1975. Drawing with touches of colour; on an album page with outer border of flowers in gold. 136 by 95 mm; page 325 by 225 mm. A man bearing a staff and a begging-bowl requests al...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 Item

1740. Add Or 3811

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3811
Title:
A prince
Scope & Content:
A prince. Marwar, c.1840. Presented by Lady Fermor, February 1975. Drawing on paper with touches of colour; pounced. 200 by 155 mm. A prince rides a horse, raising his right arm above his head.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

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