By:PRANAM BIBHRAT – CONFUSION OF IDEAS
Dimensions:36.5 by 27 cm.; 14 ½ by 10 ½ in.
Signed with initials lower left: G.T. Pen and black ink and wash on paper National Art treasure Non-exportable item O. C. Gangoly describes this cartoon in The Humerous Art of G.T. as ‘The Anglicised Bengalees rigged out in English dress-coat, tie and hat, with a chicken peeping out of one’s pocket – still retaining a faith in the worship of the Gods in the temples, pray for their blessings. The first man salutes the Image with folded hands in the old way, while his friend behind salutes with the hat held in his hand at an angle in the new way. This masterful pictorial representation of ridiculous inconsistencies’ Literature: O.C. Gangoly, The Humerous Art of G.T., The Birla Academy of Fine Art, Kolkata, Plate no. 1, illus. Exhibited: CIMA, Art of Bengal Past and Present, Calcutta & Mumbai 2001, catalogue p. 139 illus.