Album of Kalighat style paintings, gouache on paper, containing 94 polychrome paintings of Krishna, other deities and fantastical animals, some identified in English on verso, dark blue binding, flyleaf inscribed 'Col. Reade, Rosemount, Windermere, 1897', Bengal, circa 1890, (very light spotting and wear) - 9¼ x 7¼in. (23.3 x 18.1cm.)
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Album of Kalighat style paintings, gouache on paper, containing 94 polychrome paintings of Krishna, other deities and fantastical animals, some identified in English on verso, dark blue binding, flyleaf inscribed 'Col. Reade, Rosemount, Windermere, 1897', Bengal, circa 1890, (very light spotting and wear) - 9¼ x 7¼in. (23.3 x 18.1cm.) See illustration
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The paper is watermarked 'A Pirie & Sons 1869'.
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