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P866
- Record Id:
- 032-003265715
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003265715
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000874
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143105629.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- P866
- Title:
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Street scene with Kalighat temple, Calcutta. Coloured aquatint by G.Zancon, pl. 47 from a series. Artist(s): Zancon, Gaetano (1771-1816)
- Scope & Content:
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Coloured aquatint of a street scene with the Kalighat temple in Calcutta by Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816) dated c.1810. The temple of Kalighat was rebuilt in 1809 under the patronage of the Choudhury family at the site of a much older temple. The temple is dedicated to Kali, who represents the destructive side of Shiva's consort Sakti. Nineteenth-century European visitors to the city believed that the name Calcutta derived from the Kalighat temple.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003265715", "parent" : "#", "text" : "P866: Street scene with Kalighat temple, Calcutta. Coloured aquatint by G.Zancon, pl. 47 from a series. Artist(s): Zancon, Gaetano (1771-1816)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003265715
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003265715
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143105629.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- European school
Italian school - Start Date:
- 1809
- End Date:
- 1811
- Date Range:
- c 1810
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: aquatint; coloured. 14.5 x 20 cm
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)