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Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
Measurements
Painting: 45.5 x 28.2 cm (17 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
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Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.109.b
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The women at the right are probably Dushyanta's wife Shakuntala and her mother Menaka.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and graphite painting depicts figures beneath a flat-topped green tree. On our left, Dushyanta, a crowned man with medium-light skin, leans against the trunk in a green tunic. In the center, Bharat, a medium-skinned child, reaches toward a striped tiger. On our right, two women in red and green saris stand against a blue background. All figures are framed by a dark border.

Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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