Description
In this video, one of the artists Argha Manna explains the development of the graphic narrative, and takes us through his remarkably detailed and well-researched sketchbook of preparatory drawings.
Creator
Manna, Argha
Source
William Hunter, The Annals of Rural Bengal (New York: 1868), chapters 2 and 5, appendices A and B.
Hunter, Famine Aspects of Bengal Districts, p.26 (cost of 1770 famine).
John Shore, "Still fresh in memory's eye the scene I view", in Hunter, Annals, p.28, and Memoir of the Life and Correspondence of John Lord Teignmouth, by his Son (London, 1843), Vol. i. pp. 25, 26.
Anonymous, "Nad nadi khal bil shob shukailo", in Suprasanna Bandopadhyay (ed), Itihasashrito Bangla Kobita, 1751-1855 (Calcutta: 1954). Famine and Dearth in India and Britain, 1550-1800.
The Famine and Dearth in India and Britain, 1550-1800 database.
Publisher
University of Exeter
Date
2019-12
Contributor
Dutta, Shrutakirti
Gupta, Abhijit
Holding, Richard
Mukherjee, Ayesha
Rights
CC BY-NC
Format
Video
Type
Making of graphic narrative
Coverage
Bengal, India; 1769-70
Producer
Manna, Argha
Roy, Abhishek
Director
Manna, Argha
Roy, Abhishek