Sheetaladevi: The Smallpox Goddess (recto), from a Kalighat album

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Sheetaladevi: The Smallpox Goddess (recto); Durga (verso)

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Durga Killing the Demon Mahisha

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Goddess Jagadhatri

Unknown Artist

Durga Slaying Mahisha

India, Pahari Hills, Nurpur school, early 18th Century

Krishna as Kali worshipped by Radha (recto), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Gajalakshmi: Lakshmi with Elephants

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Kali Enshrined (verso), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

The Mutiny of the Heroine Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh)

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

The Goddess Ganga, from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Durga (verso), from a Kalighat album

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

The Goddess Ganga

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat