Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1890 (made)
Place of origin

Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, a courtesan reclining on a string-bed, being fanned by a man.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard
Brief description
Paintings, courtesan on string-bed, fanned by man, watercolour and tin alloy on card, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description
Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, a courtesan reclining on a string-bed, being fanned by a man.
Content description
A courtesan reclining on a string-bed, being fanned by a man.
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.86-1959

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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