Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album

Provenance

?–2003: William E. Ward [1922–2004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2003–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Artist: Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy (Indian, active late 1800s)
Date: c. 1890
Medium: Woodcut, hand colored with gum tempera
Dimensions: Secondary Support: 49.8 x 31.4 cm (19 5/8 x 12 3/8 in.); Painting only: 26.8 x 41.6 cm (10 9/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
Accession no.: 2003.111.b

Das Avataras, Ten Incarnations of Vishnu (verso), from a Kalighat album
Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
c. 1890 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009857
Krishna weighed against precious objects(?) (verso), from a Kalighat album
Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
c. 1890 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00010609

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.