Durga, ten-armed, with a sister, maid-servant, gate-keeper and the goddess Ganga surrounded with flowers, parrots and peacocks. Photographer: Archer, William George
Four panels containing Visnu and three incarnations - the fish (matsya avatara), the tortoise (kurma avatara) and the boar (varaha avatara). Above, a railway train and stationmaster with tickets. Photographer: Archer, William George
Auspicious clay elephant in the house of Sitanath Jha (Maithil Brahmin), village Ujan, p.s. Bahera, Sadr subdivision, Darbhanga district. Photographer: Archer, William George
Painted clay plate showing Krishna and two milkmaids with two cowherds, two bullocks, an apsaras and flowers. House of Mohan Lal Das (Maithil Kayasth), Photographer: Archer, William George
Four murals on the outer verandah of the house of Sinhesvar Jha, village Kakraul, p.s. Madhubani, Darbhanga district: An elephant with large and small male figures. Photographer: Archer, William George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events The collection is accompanied by a typed list describing each print and is also fully catalogued in Mildred Archer's Indian popular painting in the India Office Library, HMSO, London, 1977 (pp. 95-102). The catalogue entries are preceded by an essay on this form of Indi...