Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to the back of the print reads: 'The man-lion / incarnation of / (NRISINHA) of Vishnu. / Vide "Gods of India", p.112 & pl. facing p.110. Postscript: 'C&D I.H.N. Evans, 1920'.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (CMS Context)
Z number allocated on 30 4 1987. The inscription on the back of one of the prints gives an incorrect identification, " Kamadeva..." . The Hindi inscription on front is " Shri Rama Chaindonja." (Chris Pinney, SOAS, 1993).; Exhibited: On display in the Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990.; Collected by: Evans.I.H.N
Event Date 1/12/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (CMS Description)
Twenty-three coloured glossy printed pages of deities from the text by Vide, " Gods of India" . The bottom of each page has a registration number, an inscription in Hindi and " Ravi Varma Press. Karla Lonavla."
Event Date 1/12/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Amendments / updates)
'The prints have been split into their own records to allow for easier identification of the prints. All the relevant information has been transferred to each record'.
Event Date 10/12/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Poster or printed page of the Hindu deity 'Narasimha', the man-lion avatar of Vishnu. He is depicted with the head and claws of a lion and is shown with his tongue sticking out. He is depicted with four arms; the back two holding a chakra wheel, conch shell and the front two arms aretearing apart the abdomen of a man that is laid across his lap. The man holds a sword in one hand, but the foot of Narasimha is preventing him from using it. There are attendant women depicted around Narasimha, who are holding their hands together in prayer or with a metal vessel in their hands. This print is one of twenty-three coloured glossy printed pages of deities from the text by Raja Ravi Varma, "Gods of India".
Event Date 10/12/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin