- Title:
- A Courtesan with a violin
- Object name(s):
- Drawing
- Brief description:
- Lithograph illustration of a seated courtesan playing a violin, based on a Kalighat model.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Associated concept:
- Folk Art
- Associated concept:
- Musical instruments
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2013GL0515/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 370
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 275
- Material:
- watercolour
- Material:
- paper
- Object history note:
- One of three Kalighat styled lithographs depicting scenes of current life in Calcutta. Printed at Kansaripara Art Studio, 26 Kristo Das Pal Lane, Calcutta. See IS 47-1952 , IS 48-1952. A gift of Dr W.G. Archer. Historical significance: Calcutta was recognised as the Capital of British India from 1833-1912. By the 1830s, artists had arrived from rural villages in Bengal and began to produce paintings that reflected local history, mythology, customs and conflicts of a colonised society. As a popular art form, these artists are recognised for their use of brilliant colour, simplified images and swift brushstrokes that became the hallmark of Kalighat painting in the 19th and early 20th century.
- Object name:
- Drawing
- Object number:
- IS.50-1968
- Object production date:
- ca. 1930
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1925-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1934-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Calcutta
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Lithograph illustration of a seated courtesan playing a violin, based on a Kalighat model.
- Reproduction number:
- 2013GL0515
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AJ5109
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Style:
- Kalighat Painting
- Technique:
- lithograph
- Technique:
- Lithograph on paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. Kalighat Paintings from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. ISBN 1851776656.
- Reference:
- Kalighat paintings : a catalogue and introduction / by W.G. Archer. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1971 Number: 0112900291 :
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Jain, J. (1999) 'Kalighat Paintings: Images from a Changing World'. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd.
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.26, fig.2.11
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- fig. 81, cat. no. 41, iii: p.96.
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.53
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