Leaf from a Kalighat album: Maid Bringing a Hookah to a Lady (recto); Krishna Weighted against Precious Objects (?) (verso)

c. 1890

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Maid Bringing a Hookah to a Lady (recto); Krishna Weighted against Precious Objects (?) (verso), c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; Woodcut with black ink and handcolored with yellow, green and red paint on paper; secondary support: 48.6 x 30.1 cm (19 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.); recto image: 45.8 x 27.5 cm (18 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.107

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper; Woodcut with black ink and handcolored with yellow, green and red paint on paper
Medium: gum, tempera, graphite, ink, tin, paper, woodcut, black, handcolored, yellow, green, red, paint
Dimensions: Secondary Support: 48.6 x 30.1 cm (19 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.); Recto Image: 45.8 x 27.5 cm (18 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 2003.107
Credit Line: Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
Exhibitions: <em>Indian Kalighat Paintings</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 1-September 18, 2011). (2003.107.a only)
Rights Statement: CC0