Painting
ca. 1830 (made)
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A Kalighat painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of two sepoys fighting. The first sepoy is wearing a peaked cap with a reddish brown coat, green breeches and black boots. He is shown attacking the second sepoy, who is wearing a blue coat, yellow breeches and black boots and is defending himself with a spear.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, two sepoys fighting. opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1830 |
| Physical description | A Kalighat painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of two sepoys fighting. The first sepoy is wearing a peaked cap with a reddish brown coat, green breeches and black boots. He is shown attacking the second sepoy, who is wearing a blue coat, yellow breeches and black boots and is defending himself with a spear. |
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| Content description | Two sepoys fighting. The first sepoy is wearing a peaked cap with a reddish brown coat, green breeches and black boots. He is shown attacking the second sepoy, who is wearing a blue coat, yellow breeches and black boots and is defending himself with a spear. |
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| Accession number | IS.211-1950 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2002 |
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