SET OF TWO BOOKS ON KALIGHAT PAINTINGS

a) W G Archer, Bazaar Paintings of Calcutta: The Style of Kalighat, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1953

28 pp. including 50 plates; later half leather bound with original stiff cards inside with colour illustration
9.5 x 7.5 in (24.13 x 19 cm)

Catalogue of some works in Victoria & Albert Museum.

b) W G Archer, Kalighat Paintings: A Catalogue and Introduction, London: Victoria and Albert Museum,1971

xiv + 127 pp. including 91 black and white illustrations and 3 colour plates; mustard cloth hardbound with dustjacket
10 x 7.5 in (25.4 x 19 cm)

Catalogue raisonne of the Victoria and Albert Museum collection. The Kalighat paintings were sold to pilgrims visiting the temple between 1800 & 1930. The Bengali scroll painting tradition & the British watercolour tradition influenced their style. This book describes the social, cultural, religious & economic circumstances of their production as well as explains their symbolism.

(Set of two)

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