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Indian gouache painting in a decorative border: a blue figure with a bow fights a red multi-armed demon amid monkey warriors, soldiers, bodies and a fort.

Ramachandra (blue figure) battling Ravana, king of Lanka, with monkey warriors

A gouache painting framed by a red and gold decorative border shows a blue-skinned figure with a bow on a green battlefield. Above, a red multi-armed figure looms over the fight, while monkey warriors and soldiers clash among scattered bodies and blood-streaked earth beside a walled fort.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Gouaches Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3067 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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