Vaishnava ascetic seated cross-legged on a mat holding a rosary in his right hand. By Shiva Ram, a Benares artist, c.1840. Water-colour; 8.25 by 6.25 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 6 November 1962. Note: Obtained by W.G. Archer at Benares in 1948 from a Benares dealer who attribu...
Two mendicants ‘(suthra shahi)’ begging alms from a grain seller who is seated in his shop. By an artist from the Punjab Hills working in the Punjab Plains probably at Lahore or Amritsar, c.1850. Gouache; red border with black and white rules; 7.5 by 9.75 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Ar...
Vaisnava mendicant with a crow on his pate.. Artist(s): Nibaran Chandra Ghosh (c.1835-1930)
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Vaisnava mendicant with a crow on his pate. 455 by 255 mm. Published: Jain, Jyotindra, 'Kalighat Painting, Images of a Changing World', Mapin Publishing, 1999, no. 83, p. 85
Chaitanya and his disciple Nityananda. Artist(s): Kanai Lal Ghosh (fl.1920s)
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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...
Gorakia Fakirs: one holding aloft a brazier, a second holding a gorakdhanda (iron instrument with rings). Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), attributed to
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Gorakia Fakirs: one holding aloft a brazier, a second holding a ‘gorakdhanda’ (iron instrument with rings). Water-colour: 248 by 198 mm.
A woman with a child kneeling at the feet of an 'Ordbhawn' (urdhvabahu) ascetic. After Charles D'Oyly.. Artist(s): Shiva Lal (c.1820-80)
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A woman with a child kneeling at the feet of an ‘Ordbhawn’ (‘urdhvabahu’) ascetic with upraised arm. In the background a temple and river. Water-colour; 190 by 171 mm. Note: This picture is a copy of plate 10 in Sir Charles D’Oyly, ‘Costume of India’ (Patna, 1830). Siva Lal knew several Eur...