A letter of good wishes. Woodcut, ca. 1815.

  • Dey, Laxmikanta, active approximately 1815.
Date:
[1815?]
Reference:
728795i
Part of:
Indian practitioners of trades, crafts, and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.
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Description

A person named Laxmikanta Dey, calling himself the servant of God Krishna, writes this letter to a certain person (unnamed). He is happy to inform him that by his good wishes he is well. He is also informing him that he received his letter and is happy to know that he is well too

Publication/Creation

[Bengal?] : [publisher not identified], [1815?]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut ; sheet 43 x 28 cm

Lettering

The letter is dated 12 Falgun (eleventh Bengali month equivalent to February- March) but that is not necessarily the date of the document

Reference

Wellcome Collection 728795i

Language note

In Assamese written in Brajabuli script

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Where to find it

  • loose sheet in album 47221i vol. II

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