The 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.
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Reliability Tier1
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 Bhishma directly. Citation
PublisherVictoria and Albert Museum
URLhttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432371
Source TypeMuseum
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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)
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)
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)
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)
Claims 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 Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 5 holds.
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