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Balbhadra, Subhadra and Jagannatha

Painting
ca. 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Balbhadra, Subhadra and Jagannatha.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBalbhadra, Subhadra and Jagannatha (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Balbhadra, Subhadra and Jagannatha, opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1880
Physical description
Painting in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Balbhadra, Subhadra and Jagannatha.
Dimensions
  • Height: 380mm (maximum)
  • Width: 278mm
07/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description
Balbhadra, Subhadra and Jagannatha.
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 collection is mainly composed of native lithograph pictures sold at the local bazaars and fairs of Upper India and Bengal. The album was collected by late J Lockwood Kipling between the years 1865 and 1893. In 1875 he became Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore and held this post until his retirement in 1893. The album was presented to the Museum by his son, Rudyard Kipling in 1917.

Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 1917-2627M, R.P. 1917-2705M
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.2:170-1917

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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