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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot trying to prevent Sita’s abduction (recto); Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso)

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot trying to prevent Sita’s abduction (recto); Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso)

c. 1890
(Indian, active late 1800s)
Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
Secondary Support: 49.8 x 31.4 cm (19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.111
Location: not on view
  • ?–2003
    William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2003–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Leaf from a Kalighat album: Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot trying to prevent Sita’s abduction (recto); Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso)|url=false|author=Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy|year=c. 1890|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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