Fish (Puffer Fish?): lateral and ventral views. Watercolour by Bhawani Das.
- Das, Bhawani
- Date:
- 1783
- Reference:
- 566795i
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1783.
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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 35.6 x 46.2 cm
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In the collection of Lady Impey, Calcutta ; Painted by [Bhawani Das]
Bears number 10 in top left corner
Lettering includes name of artist and local name for the fish ('Tipa' and 'Kar Kitiya') in Arabic script
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Exhibited in ‘Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now’ at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 7th October 2023 – 28th January 2024, and The Box, Plymouth, 17th February – 2nd June 2024
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Wellcome Collection 566795i
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