A courtesan playing on a tabla. Kansaripura Art Studio. Artist(s): Kansaripura Art Studio (fl.1930s)
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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...
Rama and Sita enthroned, Lakshmana, Jambavat and two attendants beside them. Artist(s): Rupchand Kha (fl. c.1850)
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A painting illustrating a religious subject. Rama and Sita enthroned, Laksmana, Hanuman, Jambavat and two attendants beside them. Variant on, or perhaps a near precursor of Kalighat painting, c.1850. By Rupchand Kha, Kejata village, Bengal. Inscribed in Bengali: ‘sri rupcand kha village keja...
The Tarakeshwar murder: the Mahant sees Elokeshi at the temple; Nabin murders his wife Elokeshi.
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The Tarakesvar murder. To the left, the Mahant, Madhav Giri, sees Elokesi at the Tarakesvar temple; to the right, Nabin murders his wife Elokesi with a fish-knife. By a karmakar, Calcutta, c.1875-80. Engraved in Bengali characters: (1) ‘sri madhavgiri mohanta’ (Mahant Madhav Giri); ‘(2) teleb...
A large tiger with yellow skin, red tongue and black spots mounted by a Muslim figure.. Artist(s): Babulal and Surendra Chitrakar (fl. 1930)
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A large ‘tiger’ with yellow skin, red tongue and black spots mounted by a Muslim figure, bareheaded, holding a rosary and club. Below, three Muslim worshippers standing before a conical structure, two of them pulling both ends of a scarf round their necks. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.70. ...
Scenes at a fair ground. Artist(s): Babulal and Surendra Chitrakar (fl. 1930)
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Scenes at a fair ground. At the top on either side, two large figures wearing red jackets, dancing breeches and peacock feathers; the figure to the left holding a long cylindrical drum ‘(tumdak’),’ the figure to the right holding a stout stick. Between them, two small Santal figures executing ...
Scene at a fair ground.. Artist(s): Babulal and Surendra Chitrakar (fl. 1930)
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Scenes at a fair ground. Five Santal girls and seven boys dancing at a jatra. In the top row, small figures, explained by the artists as ‘shown small but really grown up’, are trying to pull the girls away; in the bottom row a third boy also pulling at a girl. To the left two drummers, one wi...