Nala and Damayanti
Painting
ca. 1885 (made)
ca. 1885 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the picture depicts Nala about to divide Damayanti's clothing while she is asleep. Nala's misfortune has reached such a low ebb that the birds flew away with his garments. The legend of Nala and Damayanti is a part of the Indian epic Mahabharata.
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Title | Nala and Damayanti (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Painting, Nala and Damayanti in the forest, opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1885 |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the picture depicts Nala about to divide Damayanti's clothing while she is asleep. Nala's misfortune has reached such a low ebb that the birds flew away with his garments. The legend of Nala and Damayanti is a part of the Indian epic Mahabharata. |
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Content description | Nala about to divide Damayanti's clothing while she is asleep. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Raja Nal and Damayanti his wife' |
Object history | Acquired by the Museum from Miss M. Steele in 1950. This picture from a series which was being part of a collection inherited from her mother, a scholar in Sanskrit at Cambridge in 1894. When delivering the collection, Miss Steele reported that her grandmother had also lived in India for some time and that it was possible that the pictures were originally collected by her grandmother. |
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Bibliographic reference | Archer, W.G., Bazaar Paintings of Calcutta the Style of Kalighat, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1953, p.19.
Archer, W.G., Kalighat Paintings a Catalogue and Introduction, Victoria & Albert Museum, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1971, p.67, 23 lx. |
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Accession number | IS.668-1950 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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