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Krishna and Radha

Painting
ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna and Radha beneath a tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleKrishna and Radha (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Krishna and Radha beneath a tree, opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Krishna and Radha beneath a tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 440mm (maximum)
  • Width: 278mm (approx.)
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached height: 462mm
  • Cardboard mount onto which object attached width: 303mm
15/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape.
Content description
Krishna and Radha beneath a tree.
Style
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 drawings. The album was collected by late J. Lockwood Kipling. He later became director of the Lahore School of Art. The album was presented to the Museum by his son Rudyard Kipling in 1917.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.2:96-1917

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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