The Tarakeshwar murder: the Mahant sees Elokeshi at the Tarakeshwar temple.
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The Mahant sees Elokesi at the Tarakesvar temple. The Mahant (high priest of the Siva temple, Tarakesvar) holds a ‘nargila’ pipe and sits on a striped rug in front of the temple, a second man, perhaps his agent, Kinaram, behind him. Before him stand three women - Elokesi, the young wife of the...
Add.Or.3346-3347 Two paintings depicting episodes from the Tarakesvar murder. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1875. Water-colour with silver details; varying ...
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Add.Or.3346-3347 Two paintings depicting episodes from the Tarakesvar murder. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1875. Water-colour with silver details; varying sizes.
The Mahant fans Elokeshi who sits on a chair holding a rose.
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The Mahant fans Elokesi who sits on a chair holding a rose while the Mahant dressed only in a ‘dhoti’ stands beside her fanning her with a punkah. 458 by 286 mm. Purchased by W.G. Archer in London, 1955. Purchased 1974. Note: Following her first visit to the Tarakesvar shrine, Elokesi was pr...
Add.Or.3348-3352; Add.Or.3842 Six paintings illustrating: (a) four scenes of current Calcutta life (b) two proverbs. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1880. Wat ...
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Add.Or.3348-3352; Add.Or.3842 Six paintings illustrating: (a) four scenes of current Calcutta life (b) two proverbs. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1880. Water-colour heightened with silver; 455 by 280 mm Acquired by W.G. Archer in London, July 1965. Purchased 1974.
Oval portrait of a dandy with a courtesan. Exhibited South Bank Centre, Kalighat Paintings, Leicester Museum 27 November 1993 - 9 January 1994; Edinburgh 15 January - 20 February 1994; Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 26 February - 10 April 1994; Oxford Museum of Modern Art, 16 April -19 June 1994. ...
The musk-rat raja holding court among his subjects, with a tame cat being taunted
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The musk-rat raja holding court. A musk-rat sits on a throne, holding a hookah, a pennant above him. Below him, another musk-rat, also holding a pennant, rides on a tame cat. Two other musk-rats appear to taunt the cat. Note: Illustration of a proverb perhaps on the lines of ‘the tables turn...