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A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?).
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- 1880
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- 567690i
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Credit: A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: holding a trident. Gouache drawing by a Bengali artist, ca. 1880 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Publication/Creation
1880
Physical description
1 painting : gouache, with watercolour ; sheet 44.5 x 28 cm
Notes
This drawing is in the Kalighat style, produced in the 19th and early 20th centuries by local bazaar artists around Calcutta's great Kali temple for selling to visiting pilgrims. These bold, highly simplified folk paintings depicted Hindu deities and scenes of everyday Bengali life
Lettering note
Lettering: handwritten word in Bengali (?) to the left of the image
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 567690i
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