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Kalighat Painting by Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy — VisualArtsDB

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Kalighat Painting

Kalighat Painting

Kalighat Painting

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

1875–1905

Medium: woodcut
Dimensions: Secondary Support: 30 x 49.7 cm (11 13/16 x 19 9/16 in.); Painting only: 27.8 x 41.7 cm (10 15/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Indian and Southeast Asian Art

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Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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