Orissan Manuscript

ca. 1962, sold by Sri Naresinghe Misra (Puri Town, India) via Sriram Chandra Ghosh (Puri Town, India) to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Charles Watson (Santa Barbara, CA); 1966, gifted to the University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art].   *General donor file contains correspondence from Mrs. Watson stating that she and Mr. Watson’s collection of Indian art and artifacts was begun and amassed while living in New Delhi between 1960 and 1962; however, specific acquisition information is not documented.

• Faculty Exhibition 2020: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/1/2020–7/31/2020

• Asia
• Jane Werner Watson Collection
• Miniature Paintings & Manuscripts

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