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Rai Raja, from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper
Measurements
Secondary Support: 36 x 28.4 cm (14 3/16 x 11 3/16 in.); Painting only: 30.2 x 25.2 cm (11 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.123
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A vertically oriented gum tempera painting depicts three figures against a flat, light blue background within a black border. Centrally, a light-skinned woman in an orange dress and green shawl sits on a yellow platform. To her left, Krishna, with dark blue skin, stands wearing a red hat and striped tunic. To her right, an attendant in a blue and white patterned cloth stands behind the platform, completing the scene.

Rai Raja, from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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