Description
The story of Chhiattorer Monnontor (the Bengal famine of 1769-70) is based on academic sources and research which was discussed with the artists. The artists were given access to research materials and sources relevant to their story. These images are the final version of the story, where the artists imagine a dialogue between the historical figure of the colonial administrator William Hunter and a fictional artist Debdulal Mitra. Behind them lies the shadowy fictional figure of an unknown artist who lived in the times of the famine and whose sketchbook Mitra shows Hunter....
Creator
Manna, Argha
Mitra, Debkumar
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.
Publisher
University of Exeter
Date
2020-05
Contributor
Brock, Dan
Dutta, Shrutakirti
Fereday, Graham
Gupta, Abhijit
Holding, Richard
Mbedzi, Tumisang
Mukherjee, Ayesha
Tupman, Charlotte
Rights
CC BY-NC
Format
Ink and watercolour on cartridge paper
Language
English
Type
Graphic Narrative
Coverage
Bengal, India; 1769-70
Original Format
Ink and water colour on cartridge paper
Physical Dimensions
29.7 cm x 21 cm