Jailer Receiving the Mahant of Tarakeshwar in Prison
c. 1890
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Jailer Receiving the Mahant of Tarakeshwar in Prison, c. 1890. Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat. Black ink, gum tempera, and tin paint, with graphite underdrawing on paper; painting only: 45 x 28 cm (17 11/16 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.105
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Black ink, gum tempera, and tin paint, with graphite underdrawing on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 45 x 28 cm (17 11/16 x 11 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2003.105
- Credit Line
- Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
- Exhibitions
- Indian Kalighat Paintings, Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2017-April 2018, Cleveland Museum of Art, (5/1/11-9/18/11); "Indian Kalighat Paintings"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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