Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

1885-1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Krishna and Balarama standing and embracing.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on paper
Brief description
Painting, Krishna and Balarama standing and embracing, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description
Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Krishna and Balarama standing and embracing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 451mm (maximum)
  • Width: 276mm (maximum)
  • Card mount onto which object attached height: 479mm
  • Card mount onto which object attached width: 302mm
15/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape.
Content description
Krishna and Balarama standing and embracing.
Style
Credit line
Given by Ernest H. Hindley, Esq., Lightcliffe[?], Shepherd's Hill, Highgate, N
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.122-1914

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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