- Title:
- Goddess Durga
- Object name(s):
- Woodcut print
- Brief description:
- The tableau depicts Durga who is slaying Mahishasura as he is emerging in his human form. Durga is flanked by Lakshmi and Ganesha on the left and by Sarasvati and Karttikeya on the right. The figures are framed within an architectural setting with a 'chaalchitra' (curved frieze) showing various mythological scenes. The tableau represents the imagery of the autumnal Durga Puja festival in Bengal.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Prints
- Content - concept:
- Hinduism
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2013GL4367/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 36
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 27
- Material:
- Paper
- Material:
- Ink
- Object history note:
- Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design. RP 53/1609
- Object name:
- Woodcut print
- Object number:
- E.5527-1904
- Object production date:
- c.1860-1870
- Date - association:
- Made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1860-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1870-12-31
- Object production note:
- Calcutta woodcut
- Object production person:
- Chandra, Krishna
- Person's association:
- Maker
- Object production place:
- Calcutta
- Place association:
- Made
- Physical description:
- The tableau depicts Durga who is slaying Mahishasura as he is emerging in his human form. Durga is flanked by Lakshmi and Ganesha on the left and by Sarasvati and Karttikeya on the right. The figures are framed within an architectural setting with a 'chaalchitra' (curved frieze) showing various mythological scenes. The tableau represents the imagery of the autumnal Durga Puja festival in Bengal.
- Reproduction number:
- 2013GL4367
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- Printing
- Technique:
- Print on paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- 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 details:
- p.53
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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