Shekkhopir-deshe Graphic Art: Process (sketches)

Subject

Bidrohi Captain Pouch [Rebel Captain Pouch]

Description

These images show the artist's initial planning sketches, created while researching the history of the famine, and his work-in-progress as he developed the storyline, re-imagining the conditions of the 1590s famine in modern scenarios and experimenting with different styles of characterisation. He ultimately chose to focus on telling the story of food shortage through the eyes of Sir John Falstaff and the spectacles of the Elizabethan theatrical world.

Creator

Banerjee, Trinankur

Source

Hugh Platt, Remedies for Famine (London: 1596).
William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.
"Famine", "Of Dearth", "Gluttony", in Englands Parnassus, ed. Robert Allott (London: 1600).
The Famine and Dearth in India and Britain, 1550-1800 database.

Publisher

University of Exeter

Date

2020-04

Contributor

Dutta, Shrutakirti
Gupta, Abhijit
Holding, Richard
Long, Lily
Mukherjee, Ayesha
Spence, Connor

Rights

CC BY-NC

Format

Digital

Type

Making of graphic narrative

Coverage

England; 1595-98

Original Format

Digital painting

Physical Dimensions

29.7 cm x 21 cm