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Title
popular print, album
Description
English: Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed, numbered 49 and depicting a scene from the Ramayana. Rama and Sita are seated on a throne after returning from their exile in Ayodhya. Four male attendants surround the throne, while Hanuman and the leader of the army of bears are in the foreground.
Depicted people Representation of: Rāma
Date circa 1895
date QS:P571,+1895-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 41 centimetres (sheet)
Width: 30.50 centimetres (sheet)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Asia
Accession number
2003,1022,0.49
Notes

The Chore Bagan studio produced popular prints for the mass market comparable to those being created at the larger Calcutta Art Studio. Lithography was gaining momentum as a medium for picture production in the 1870s, and the Chore Bagan studio, located in Bhoobun Bannerjee’s Lane, Calcutta, was active in the 1880s and 1890s. Images produced include depictions of Kali, the fight between Rama and Ravana, as well as prints depicting the followers of Chaitanya. Hand-written captions in English have been added to the Bengali letter-press of the majority (some letterpress also in Hindi). The majority of the prints in this album were produced in Calcutta and reflect Bengal devotional cults; the final four prints were published by the Ravi Varma Press from Lonavla, c. 1910.

See Christopher Pinney, 'Photos of the Gods' London 2004 for a comprehensive account of nineteenth century popular prints in India.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2003-1022-0-49
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