Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

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

Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, a courtesan seated holding a rose in each hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard
Brief description
Painting, courtesan seated holding rose in each hand, watercolour and tin on cardboard, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description
Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, a courtesan seated holding a rose in each hand.
Content description
A courtesan seated holding a rose in each hand.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(inscribed in Bengali)
Translation
'the soft-eyed beauty'
Transliteration
'shulachana'
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.89-1959

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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