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AN ALBUM OF TWENTY-SEVEN WATERCOLOURS DEPICTING DEITIES
KALIGHAT, CIRCA 1860-70

25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
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AN ALBUM OF TWENTY-SEVEN WATERCOLOURS DEPICTING DEITIES
KALIGHAT, CIRCA 1860-70

fifteen watercolours on paper, six watercolours over a printed outline, and six coloured woodcuts, the woodcuts with identifying inscriptions in nagari script, bound in a soft-cover album
455 x 290 mm.

Footnotes

The subjects are as follows:
Durga riding on her lion (apparently trampling on an elephant, rather than a buffalo demon).
Parvati holding Ganesh on her lap.
Radha and Krishna standing on a dais.
Siva and Parvati riding on Nandi.
Krishna and Balarama.
Lakhshmi and Sarasvati.
Krishna as Vamana avatar trampling on Bali.
Narasimha avatar.
The goddess Ganga on her crocodile.
Siva Panchanana.
Radha and Krishna beneath a tree.
Chandi, Khumbana and Shrimanta Saudagar.
Krishna quelling the serpent Kaliya.
Kali trampling on Siva.
Yashoda churning milk with Krishna stealing butter.
Yashoda suckling Krishna.
Ganesh enthroned.
Krishna quelling Bakasur.
Siva as an ascetic approaching Annapurna for alms.
Parvati and Ganesh amidst lotus flowers.
Krishna cradled by Yashoda.
Sarasvati with attendants.
Rama and Sita enthroned with Hanuman.
Krishna holding up Mount Govardhan.
Rama and Sita enthroned with Hanuman and an attendant.
The Jagannatha Trio: Balbhadra, Subhadra and Jagannatha.
Radha and Krishna with attendants.

For the use of lithograph outlines in Kalighat painting from the early 1850s, see J. Jain, Kalighat Painting, Ahmedabad 1999, p. 190.

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