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Painting

circa 1855-1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kolkata (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting a four-headed and four-armed Brahma seated cross-legged on a throne, under which is a swan.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Religion
Hinduism
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on paper
Watercolour
Tin Alloy
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Brahma, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, ca. 1855-1860
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting a four-headed and four-armed Brahma seated cross-legged on a throne, under which is a swan.
Dimensions
  • Height: 414mm (maximum)
  • Width: 277mm (maximum)
  • Card onto which object mounted height: 437mm
  • Card onto which object mounted width: 302mm
15/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape.
Content description
A four-headed and four-armed Brahma seated cross-legged on a throne, under which is a swan.
Style
Kalighat
Credit line
Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex
Object history
From the J Lockwood Kipling collection, given by Rudyard Kipling in 1917
Production
Kalighat
Subjects depicted
Deity
Throne
Swan
Brahma
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, W G: Kalighat Paintings, V&A, London, 1971, pp 49-51
  • Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. Kalighat Paintings from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. ISBN 1851776656. p. 47 and p. 7 (detail) and p. 17 Fig1.4
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.2:85-1917

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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