Kalighat Paintings
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-import-b2c741314c30d258f75c
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-100B10-002
- Author or attribution
- Archer, W. G.
- Record type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 1971
- Source / repository
- Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- 100-Source Research Supplement — Batch 10, November 2026; Kalighat painting; Victoria and Albert Museum
Description and curator notes
Archer's catalogue of the V&A's Kalighat paintings, many showing Kali.
Curator source KALI-100B10-002, from the paired 100-source CSV/spreadsheet.
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Title: Kalighat Paintings
Authors: Archer, W. G.
Record type: Book
Language: English
Year: 1971
Source / Publisher: Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive
Full-text URL: https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.26103
Subjects: Kalighat painting; Victoria and Albert Museum
Description: Archer's catalogue of the V&A's Kalighat paintings, many showing Kali.
Access: Free full text
Dedupe check (vs. 1,411-record catalogue + batches 1-9, 5 Nov 2026): No URL, title or object-number match (catalogue or batches 1-9)
Source access
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Curator-reported source access: Free full text. Free reading, record/image viewing or streaming does not grant republication rights. No source text, audio or collection image is reproduced here; follow the host's specific copyright and licence.
Citation
Archer, W. G.. Kalighat Paintings. Digital Library of India, via Internet Archive. 1971. https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.26103
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