Krishna weighed against precious objects(?) (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: 30.1 x 48.6 cm (11 7/8 x 19 1/8 in.); Print only: 25.5 x 35.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 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.: 2003.107.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
Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album
Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy
c. 1890 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00010582

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