Curious Case of William Prinsep’s Watercolour and Durga Puja: Whose House Is It Anyway? - The Statesman

The British Library Archives andManuscripts Catalogue, under shelfmark WD4035, describes this watercolour as: ‘Europeans being entertained by dancers and musicians in a splendid Indian house in Calcutta during Durga Puja. Artist(s): Prinsep, William (1794-1874)’. The finished watercolour is attributed to Prinsep. Several authoritative sources date it to 1835.