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![kalighat - image 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Kalighat%2C_Kolkata_%28Calcutta%29%2C_West_Bengal%2C_India_-_Kali_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/500px-Kalighat%2C_Kolkata_%28Calcutta%29%2C_West_Bengal%2C_India_-_Kali_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\n<span ><span dir=\\"ltr\\" lang=\\"en\\"><i>Kali</i></span></span><div style=\\"display: none;\\">title QS:P1476,en:\\"Kali\\"</div>\n<div style=\\"display: none;\\">label QS:Len,\\"Kali\\"</div>\n</div>\"")
1title: <div class="fn"> <span ><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><i>Kali</i></span></span><div style="display: none;">title QS:P1476,en:"Kali"</div> <div style="display: none;">label QS:Len,"Kali"</div> </div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.googleartproject.com/artist/kolkata-calcutta-west-bengal-india-kalighat/4127527/">Details of artist on Google Art Project</a> </div>
date: 1855?60
dimensions: w277 x h436 cm
current location: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/1QE19e_ToKZi3g">1QE19e_ToKZi3g at Google Cultural Institute</a> maximum zoom level
license:Public domain
![kalighat - image 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kalighat%2C_Kolkata_%28Calcutta%29%2C_West_Bengal%2C_India_-_Skanda_on_his_peacock_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/500px-Kalighat%2C_Kolkata_%28Calcutta%29%2C_West_Bengal%2C_India_-_Skanda_on_his_peacock_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\n<span ><span dir=\\"ltr\\" lang=\\"en\\"><i>Skanda on his peacock</i></span></span><div style=\\"display: none;\\">title QS:P1476,en:\\"Skanda on his peacock\\"</div>\n<div style=\\"display: none;\\">label QS:Len,\\"Skanda on his peacock\\"</div>\n</div>\"")
2title: <div class="fn"> <span ><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><i>Skanda on his peacock</i></span></span><div style="display: none;">title QS:P1476,en:"Skanda on his peacock"</div> <div style="display: none;">label QS:Len,"Skanda on his peacock"</div> </div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.googleartproject.com/artist/kolkata-calcutta-west-bengal-india-kalighat/4127527/">Details of artist on Google Art Project</a> </div>
date: circa 1860 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
dimensions: w275 x h455 cm
current location: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/WwF8e2rUEE9v4g">WwF8e2rUEE9v4g at Google Cultural Institute</a> maximum zoom level
license:Public domain
![kalighat - image 3](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Kalighat_pictures_sep_sheets_81.jpg/500px-Kalighat_pictures_sep_sheets_81.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\n<span ><span dir=\\"ltr\\" lang=\\"en\\"><i>Painting of Kali</i></span></span><div style=\\"display: none;\\">label QS:Len,\\"Painting of Kali\\"</div>\n</div>\"")
3title: <div class="fn"> <span ><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><i>Painting of Kali</i></span></span><div style="display: none;">label QS:Len,"Painting of Kali"</div> </div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100320944#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1875<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
source: [http://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/e32a277e-91e2-4a6d-8ba6-cc4bad230410 The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford]
credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/e32a277e-91e2-4a6d-8ba6-cc4bad230410">The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford</a>
description: Digitized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Kalighat_painting" class="extiw" title="w:en:<u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">kalighat</u> painting"><u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">kalighat</u> paintings</a> from 19th century Calcutta, created as inexpensive souvenirs for Hindu pilgrims visiting the famous temple of Kali; These paintings were acquired by Sir Monier Monier-Williams for the Indian Institute Library and Museum at Oxford as a result of his third fund-raising trip to India in the winter of 1883-1884. During this trip, he secured the help of various regional authorities in obtaining local art and craft works and sending them to Oxford. The <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">kalighat</u> paintings are listed in Babu T.N. Mukherji's "List of Articles collected for the Oxford Institute under the instruction of T.W. Holderness Esq. and Dr. George Watt," Calcutta, 1884, which is bound in the "Original Lists" MS. volume held in the Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum.The paintings are homogenous in style, resembling that of collections in documented ownership by about 1875: the India Office Library from the 1871 exhibition, the museums in Prague and St. Petersburg, the Herwitz batch A (1870) published by Jyotindra Jain and those acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1887. Some of the paintings originally had labels stuck to them, which indicated they had cost 1 anna each. Shelfmark: MS. Ind. Inst. Misc. 22
license:CC BY 4.0
![kalighat - image 4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kalighat_Painting_-_2003.124_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.jpg/960px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kalighat_Painting_-_2003.124_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\nKalighat Painting</div>\"")
4title: <div class="fn"> Kalighat Painting</div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60478929#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1800<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
medium: Black ink, color paint, and graphite underdrawing on paper
dimensions: Secondary Support: 28.1 x 36 cm (11 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Painting only: 25.3 x 30.3 cm (9 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
current location: Cleveland Museum of Art
source: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.124
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license:CC0
![kalighat - image 5](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kali_-_2003.163_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.jpg/500px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kali_-_2003.163_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\nKali</div>\"")
5title: <div class="fn"> Kali</div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60479479#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1800<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
medium: Black ink, color and silver paint, and graphite underdrawing on paper
dimensions: Painting only: 45.4 x 28 cm (17 7/8 x 11 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.163
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license:CC0
![kalighat - image 6](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Ganesha_-_2003.98_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-384px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Ganesha_-_2003.98_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\nGanesha</div>\"")
6title: <div class="fn"> Ganesha</div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60479907#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1800s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
medium: Watercolor, black ink, and tin paint on paper lined with cloth
dimensions: Secondary Support: 47 x 30.5 cm (18 1/2 x 12 in.); Painting only: 43 x 27.4 cm (16 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.98
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description: <div class="description"> <p>Ganesh, seated here in these two images on his vehicle, the mouse, is the ever-popular elephant-headed deity who is worshipped as the mischievous Lord of Beginnings and Remover of Obstacles. Hindus worship him before they begin journeys, at the start of the day, and at the beginning of any auspicious occasion. Ganesh is the son of Shiva and Parvati, Shiva's wife, and is fashioned from the dirt of her body. At his mother's request, Ganesh guarded her as she bathed, only to be confronted by Shiva, Parvati's husband, who was refused entry. Enraged (and not knowing that Ganesh was his son), Shiva beheaded him and entered. Parvati demanded that Ganesh be restored. To appease his wife, Shiva sent his attendants to return with the head of the first creature they encountered. They returned with the head of an elephant. </p> The image on the wall is unfinished, revealing the technique of painting in stages employed by <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">kalighat</u> artisans.</div>
license:CC0
![kalighat - image 7](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Lakshmi_and_Sarasvati_-_2003.121_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-496px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Lakshmi_and_Sarasvati_-_2003.121_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\nLakshmi and Sarasvati</div>\"")
7title: <div class="fn"> Lakshmi and Sarasvati</div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60478915#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1800s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
medium: Black ink, color paint, and graphite drawing on paper
dimensions: Secondary Support: 36.1 x 29.2 cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/2 in.); Painting only: 30.1 x 25.5 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.121
credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.121">https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.121</a>
license:CC0
![kalighat - image 8](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kalighat_Painting_-_2003.124_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-697px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kalighat_Painting_-_2003.124_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\nKalighat Painting</div>\"")
8title: <div class="fn"> Kalighat Painting</div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60478929#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1800s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
medium: Black ink, color paint, and graphite underdrawing on paper
dimensions: Secondary Support: 28.1 x 36 cm (11 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Painting only: 25.3 x 30.3 cm (9 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.124
credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.124">https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.124</a>
license:CC0
![kalighat - image 9](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kali_-_2003.164_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-363px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kali_-_2003.164_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\nKali</div>\"")
9title: <div class="fn"> Kali</div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60479491#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1800s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
medium: Black ink, color and silver paint, and graphite underdrawing on paper
dimensions: Painting only: 44.8 x 27.8 cm (17 5/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.164
credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.164">https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.164</a>
license:CC0
![kalighat - image 10](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kali_-_2003.116_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif/lossy-page1-465px-India%2C_Calcutta%2C_Kalighat_painting%2C_19th_century_-_Kali_-_2003.116_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tif.jpg "kalighat \"<div class=\\"fn\\">\nKali</div>\"")
10title: <div class="fn"> Kali</div>
artist: <div class="fn value"> <div style="float:left;"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4233718" class="extiw" title="d:Q4233718"><span title="term used to describe the unknown creator of a work">anonymous</span></a></div> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60478901#P170" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a> </div>
date: 1800s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div>
medium: Black in and color paint on paper
dimensions: Painting only: 28 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)
current location: institution:Cleveland Museum of Art
source: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.116
credit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.116">https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.116</a>
license:CC0
