Narada
Painting
ca. 1885 (made)
ca. 1885 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the sage Narada.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Narada (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Narada, opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1885 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, the sage Narada. |
| Content description | The sage Narada. |
| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | (handwritten on object)
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| Object history | Acquired from Miss M Steele, being part of the collection inherited from her mother, a scholar in Sanskrit at Cambridge in 1894. When delivering the pictures, 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. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, W G: 'Kalighat Paintings', V&A, 1971, p72, 25lxxii
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.605-1950 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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