Mar 17, 2014

Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album

Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso), from a Kalighat album

c. 1890

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Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

Painting: 45.5 x 28.2 cm (17 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.109.b

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The women at the right are probably Dushyanta's wife Shakuntala and her mother Menaka.

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