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Courtesan with Rose and Mirror

c. 1900

Kali Charan Ghosh

Material / technique
Watercolour
Attribution / role
Catalogued as by Kali Charan Ghosh; one individual sheet, not the complete seven-painting group.
Collection / source
British Library · Add Or 3366

Artwork notes

Artist-wide context

His Kalighat pictures include religious scenes and people in contemporary Calcutta. The British Library records seven watercolours under his name, with strong areas of black and red.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Black-line sheets and larger watercolours provide different kinds of finish.

Marks and structure

A simplified contour can organise costume, posture and a mythological attribute.

Palette and light

Black and red are prominent in the British Library’s recorded watercolour group.

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