Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto), from a Kalighat album

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Cowgirls (Gopis) (recto); Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso)

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Savitri and the God of Death Yama

anonymous

Rama and Hanuman, Holding an Uprooted Tree, Rescues Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Krishna Stroking Radha's Feet (verso), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Radha Stroking Krishna's Feet

Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Woman Playing Music (recto); Krishna Stroking Radha's Feet (verso)

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto); Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso)

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Krishna Stealing the Clothes of Gopis

anonymous

Adoration of young Krishna

India, Himachal Pradesh, Mandi

‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

anonymous

Radha and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat