Shiva, Parvati and Nandi
Painting
ca.1855 - ca. 1860 (made)
ca.1855 - ca. 1860 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Shiva and Parvati mounted on Nandi, the bull.
Object details
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Title | Shiva, Parvati and Nandi (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper |
Brief description | Painting, Shiva and Parvati mounted on Nandi, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1855-1860 |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Shiva and Parvati mounted on Nandi, the bull. |
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Content description | Shiva and Parvati mounted on Nandi, the bull. |
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Credit line | Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex |
Object history | Part of an album, containing 196 prints, paintings and pen and pencil drawings together with 37 loose pages of paintings, calligraphic drawings, and outline pen drwings. The album was collected by late J. Lockwood Kipling when he was Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore. The album was presented to the Museum by his son Rudyard Kipling in 1917. |
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Bibliographic reference | Archer, W.G., BazaarPaintings of Calcutta the Style of Kalighat, Victoria & Albert Museum, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1953, pp.22-23.
Archer, W.G., Kalighat Paintings a Catalogue and Introduction, Victoria & Albert Museum, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1971, pp.49-51.
SBN 11 290029 1 |
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Accession number | IM.2:75-1917 |
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Record created | May 19, 2006 |
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