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The Birth of the Ganges
The Birth of the Ganges

The Birth of the Ganges

about 1825
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and priming, perhaps with graphite, on paper
DimensionsOverall: 21.5 x 13.7 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Image: 18.8 x 11.3 cm (7 3/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2578
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsOn the reverse: There is faded of inscription in devnagari script.ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)