id:			162444
accession number:	2003.111
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.111
updated:		2025-04-08 11:07:00.414000

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. Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s). Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera; secondary support: 49.8 x 31.4 cm (19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2003.111

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)
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creation date:			c. 1890
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1905
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creditline:			Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
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culture:	Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat
technique:	Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s)  - artist

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measurements: Secondary Support: 49.8 x 31.4 cm (19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2003
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2003–
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