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    Nandalal Bose

    A Sketch from Sketch Book No. 19 10902 Nandalal Bose Pencil on postcard

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In this postcard, Nandalal sketches an ornamentally designed hybrid bird, rendered in dark and smooth lines, defining the contours of the decorative motif. As per the inscription, this drawing is a reproduction from the book "The Paintings in the Buddhist cave temples of Ajanta" by John Griffiths (a British artist who worked in India during the 19th-20th century), published in two volumes in 1896.