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Drawing

ca. 1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A Kalighat line drawing, in paint on paper, depicting a gentleman with lap-dogs. Depiction of contemporary Bengali life.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn in black paint on paper
Brief description
Drawing, gentleman with lap-dogs, by Kanai Lal Ghosh, paint on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1920
Physical description
A Kalighat line drawing, in paint on paper, depicting a gentleman with lap-dogs. Depiction of contemporary Bengali life.
Content description
A gentleman with lap-dogs.
Styles
Credit line
Given by W.G. Archer.
Object history
Purchased by W G Archer at Kalighat in 1932 from the artist, Kanai Lal Ghosh, a relation of Nibaran and Kali Charan Ghosh, and claimed by him to be his own work. When the pictures were acquired, he was no longer painting, the school having ended in about 1925.
Given by W G Archer, 1952
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, W G: 'Kalighat Paintings', V&A, 1971, p95, 39ii
  • 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. pps. 64-65
  • Archer, W.G., Bazaar Paintings of Calcutta, Victoria & Albert Museum, H.M.S.O., 1955 p. 25
Collection
Accession number
IS.43-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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