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Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Man Seated in a European Chair Smoking a Margila Pipe, from a Kalighat album

c. 1880

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper
Secondary Support: 50.4 x 31 cm (19 13/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Painting only: 45.5 x 27.4 cm (17 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward 1984.221
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1984
    William E. Ward [1922-2004] and Ellen Svec Ward [1921-1989], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1984-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 2, 1985, pp. 163–207. Mentioned: no. 169, p. 206 25159897
  • Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
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