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I have tied you with a rope. I have put a spindle in your hand. Now bleat like a sheep\" (Archer:1971, p11).\n\nHistorical significance: Archer also comments that this proverbial image has much written about it regarding the dominance of women in Calcutta during the 19th century.(Archer,1971: p54)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Painting, courtesan with rose leading anthropomorphic sheep, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1865-1870","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Archer.W.G (1971) Kalighat Painting, Victoria and Albert Museum, HMSO, London, p54."},{"reference":{"text":"Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. <u>Kalighat Paintings </u><u>from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata</u>. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. 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