Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to the back of the print reads: 'SRI (LAKSHMI / GAJAH) goddess / of fertility / Vide "Gods of India" / pp.103 - 106. Postscript: 'C&D I.H.N. Evans, 1920'.
Event Date
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 (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

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 'Lakshmi', who is shown in the half lotus position on top of a lotus pedestal. She is depicted with four arms, two of which are holding pink lotus blossoms, and is shown wearing a red and green sari. She wears pearls around her neck and to the side of her headdress, which is mostly gold. Flanking her are two elephants that are holding lotus blossoms over her with their trunks. This scene is positioned within an elaborately decorated building with pillars and brightly coloured walls. Three plants positioned in front of the goddess. 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