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Record Id:

032-003263670

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003263670

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 918

Title:

Four illustrations on one sheet: Two depicting the teacher Vaisampayan telling the story of the Mahabharata to Raja Janmejaya; one showing a railway train and one a ferry steamer. Hoglakunda and Bottala, Calcutta. Artist(s): Panchanan Karmakar (fl.1850s) and Hira Lal Karmakar (fl.1860s)

Scope & Content:

Illustrations of mythological, religious and popular subjects. Four on one sheet. Two depict the teacher Vaisampayan telling the story of the ‘Mahabharata’ to Raja Janamejaya; one shows a railway train and one a ferry steamer.

By Pancanan Karmakar, Hoglakunda, and Hira Lal Karmakar, Bottala, Calcutta, c.1860-70.

Inscribed: ‘66. Nos 1 & 2 Court of Janamijaya. 3 & 4 Railway trains & Ferrey (sic) steamer;’ engraved in Bengali characters on (1) ‘vaisampayan muni vakta. raja janamejaya srota’ (the teacher Vaisampayan is speaking. Raja Janmejaya is listening). ‘sri pancanan karmakarer khodita san hoglakunda’ (engraved by Pancanan Karmakar of Hoglakunda); (2) ‘raja janmejaya srota. vaisampayan muni vakta. sri pancananer khodita san hoglakunda; (3) sri hiralal karmakarer krita’ (done by Hiralal Karniakar); (4) uninscribed.

Coloured wood-engraving; 230 by 387 mm.

Deposited c.1871 together with Add.Or.891-917, and 919.

Note: Hoglakunda was probably the area near Hat Kholna (Calcutta 5) where’ hoglas’ (dried palm leaves for thatching) were bought and sold.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

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Not applicable

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Styles:

Bengal style
Calcutta style
Calcutta woodcut
Eastern India style

Start Date:

1850

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

1850-1860

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: wood-engraving; coloured

Finding Aids:

Mildred Archer, Indian popular painting in the India Office Library (London, 1977), 167

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Karmakar, Panchakari, fl 1850s

Subjects:

Hindu imagery
Railways
Ships
Transport