Narasimha Kills the Demon-King Hiranyakashipu, 1875–80, Eastern India, Kolkata, West Bengal, Lithograph, Image: 9 3/4 in. × 8 in. (24.8 × 20.3 cm), Prints, This monochromatic lithograph was printed in one of the first printing workshops in Kolkata (Calcutta) to produce Hindu devotional prints for commercial distribution. In this rendering, undoubtedly drawn by a trained painter, we see Vishnu’s man-lion avatar adorned with a crown revealing himself from within a pillar that has split open
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Narasimha Kills, Demon-King Hiranyakashipu, 1875–80, Eastern India, Kolkata, West Bengal, Lithograph, Image, 9 3/4, 8, 24.8, 20.3 cm, Prints, monochromatic, lithograph, printed, first printing, workshops, Calcutta, produce Hindu, devotional, prints, commercial distribution, rendering, undoubtedly drawn, trained painter, see Vishnu, man-lion, avatar, adorned, crown revealing, within, pillar, split open
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