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Rama and Lakshmana, museum number IS.32-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)

Victoria and Albert Museum collections record, read 2026-08-18

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The Victoria and Albert Museum's own collections record for "Rama and Lakshmana," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca. 1890, from Kolkata, showing the two brothers fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle. South and South East Asia Collection, museum number IS.32-1959.

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1
The holding museum's own collections record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its date, materials and museum number, its own title and description naming Lakshmana directly alongside Rama.
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Publisher
Victoria and Albert Museum
URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432378
Source Type
Museum
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Bengali, Languages

This source names Bengali directly: "the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."

Kolkata, Cities

This source names Kolkata directly: "1890, from Kolkata, showing the two brothers fighting the demon Viravahu, with a handwritten Bengali inscription naming the battle."

Lakshmana, Figures

This source names Lakshmana directly: "own collections record for "Rama and Lakshmana," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca."

Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
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