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The Tarakeshwar Murder: the Mahant Turns an Oil-Press

c. 1880

Nibaran Chandra Ghosh

Material / technique
Ink line drawing
Attribution / role
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Collection / source
British Library — Nibaran Chandra Ghosh drawings

Artwork notes

British Library Add Or 3354; a contemporary scandal enters a popular image.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Ink outlines and watercolour suit quickly readable paper pictures.

Marks and structure

Reduced backgrounds give gestures and curved bodies unusual clarity.

Palette and light

Areas of flat colour and selective shading can give a figure both weight and graphic force.

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