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An episode of the Tarakeshwar affair. The Mahanta (high priest) of the Shiva temple is shown seated on a striped rug in front of the temple, with a second man behind him. In front stand three women: Elokeshi, the young wife of the clerk Nabin Chandra Banerjee, is shown veiling her face with a part of her sari with her right hand and holding up a plate of offerings (naibedya) for the shrine with her left. Behind Elokeshi stands her younger sister Muktakeshi with her face veiled, and to the right stands Telibou (wife of oil seller), the female servant in the family who acted as procuress, looking boldly at the waiting Mahanta.\r\n\r\nThe Mahanta has been depicted wearing string necklaces but not the sacred threads of a brahmin, also he has been shown with Vaishnavite mark on his forehead although he is a Shaivite priest. The forefinger of his righthand rests thoughtfully on the beard of his cheek.\r\n\r\nAll three women as well as the Mahanta have been shown adorned with ornaments which are stock-in-trade of the 'patuas'.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"opaque watercolour","id":"x35013"},{"text":"paper","id":"AAT14109"},{"text":"silver paint","id":"x30378"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Painted in opaque watercolour on paper","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project","id":"THES263148"}],"styles":[{"text":"Kalighat","id":"AAT18988"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2013GL0452","2011EP7229","2006AH2037","2017KK1728"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES403788"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"painting","id":"AAT33618"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Kolkata","id":"x32018"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1875","earliest":"1870-01-01","latest":"1879-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"454","unit":"mm","qualifier":"maximum","date":{"text":"31/07/2013","earliest":"2013-07-31","latest":"2013-07-31"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"307","unit":"mm","qualifier":"maximum","date":{"text":"31/07/2013","earliest":"2013-07-31","latest":"2013-07-31"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"502","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"31/07/2013","earliest":"2013-07-31","latest":"2013-07-31"},"part":"paper onto which object mounted","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"355","unit":"mm","qualifier":"maximum","date":{"text":"31/07/2013","earliest":"2013-07-31","latest":"2013-07-31"},"part":"paper onto which object mounted","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"31/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape. ","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Part of an album, containing 196 prints, paintings and pen and pencil drawings together with 37 loose pages of paintings, calligraphic drawings, and outline pen drawings. The collection is mainly composed of native lithograph pictures sold at the local bazaars and fairs of Upper India and Bengal. The album was collected by late J Lockwood Kipling between the years 1865 and 1893. In 1875 he became Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore and held this post until his retirement in 1893. The album was presented to the Museum by his son, Rudyard Kipling in 1917.\r\n\r\nGiven by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.\r\n\r\nR.P. 1917-2627M, R.P. 1917-2705M","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Painting, Elokeshi meets the mahant at the Tarakeshwar Shrine, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1875","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jain, J (1999) 'Kalighat Painting: Images from a Changing World', Ahmedabad, Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd, pp.130-138, fig.128\r\nISBN 81 85822 64 6\r\n\r\nKnizkova, Hana, The Drawings of the Kalighat Style Secular Themes, Published by the National Museum Prague 1975."},{"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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