Leaf from a Kalighat album: Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot trying to prevent Sita’s abduction (recto); Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso)

StatusReference work · Not for sale

Held byCleveland Museum of Art

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Artist / Maker	Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
Date	c. 1890
Culture / Origin	Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
Medium	Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
Dimensions	Secondary Support: 49.8 x 31.4 cm (19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Department	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Type	Print

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Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s) Full biography →

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