Painting
ca. 1880 (made)
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Painted in watercolour on paper, a brown fishing eagle is holding a grey fish with brown fins (perhaps a snakehead). This is an illustration of the proverb, 'Take care of your faith or a fishing eagle will get it'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, eagle holding a fish, watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1880 |
| Physical description | Painted in watercolour on paper, a brown fishing eagle is holding a grey fish with brown fins (perhaps a snakehead). This is an illustration of the proverb, 'Take care of your faith or a fishing eagle will get it'. |
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| Content description | A brown fishing eagle is holding a grey fish with brown fins (perhaps a snakehead). |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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. 70 |
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| Accession number | IS.108-1965 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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