Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album

Date

c. 1890

Medium

Gum tempera, graphite, and tin on paper

Origin

Eastern India, Bengal, Kalighat

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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