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...
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...
A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife. Both wear white cloths and carry palm-leaf parasols. The man also carries a palm-leaf fan. Inscribed: ‘Namburee’.