Drawing
ca. 1920 (made)
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Drawing, black paint on paper, depicting a courtesan dressing her hair.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drawn in black paint on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, courtesan dressing her hair, by Kanai Lal Ghosh, paint on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Drawing, black paint on paper, depicting a courtesan dressing her hair. |
| Content description | A courtesan dressing her hair. |
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| Credit line | Given by W.G. Archer. |
| Object history | Purchased by W G Archer 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. |
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| Accession number | IS.42-1952 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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