Home›Sources›Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)SourcesArjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Victoria and Albert Museum collections record, read 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vam-arjuna-bhishma-is40-1959.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vam-arjuna-bhishma-is40-1959Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-arjuna-and-bhishma-museum-number-is-40-1, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vam-arjuna-bhishma-is40-1959}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Victoria and Albert Museum's own collections record for "Arjuna and Bhishma," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca. 1890, from Kolkata, showing Arjuna shooting arrows at Bhishma, the Mahabharata's account of Bhishma falling on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra. South and South East Asia Collection, museum number IS.40-1959.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (15 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The 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 Bhishma directly.CitationPublisherWell-attestedVictoria and Albert MuseumURLWell-attestedhttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432371Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithArjuna, Figures Well-attested This source names Arjuna directly: "Museum's own collections record for "Arjuna and Bhishma," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca."Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Bhishma, Figures Well-attested This source names Bhishma directly: "own collections record for "Arjuna and Bhishma," a Kalighat watercolour and tin alloy painting on paper, ca."Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Kolkata, Cities Well-attested This source names Kolkata directly: "1890, from Kolkata, showing Arjuna shooting arrows at Bhishma, the Mahabharata's account of Bhishma falling on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra."Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Kurukshetra, Sacred Sites Well-attested This source names Kurukshetra directly: "falling on his bed of arrows at Kurukshetra."Source Arjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds.Sacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 5 holds.Well-attested6Sacred Art & IconographyArjuna and Bhishma (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.40-1959)SourcesArjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Holds9Sacred Art & IconographyArjuna and Bhishma (Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.40-1959)SourcesArjuna and Bhishma, museum number IS.40-1959 (Victoria and Albert Museum)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year