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Royal Hunts
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Royal Hunts
- Object:
Album page
- Place of origin:
Faizabad, India (made)
- Date:
ca. 1774 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Watercolours
- Museum number:
IS.25:12-1980
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
A hunt in the woods of Oudh in 1769, at which Gentil was present and which lasted ten days. Tiger, deer, rhinoceros, bear, black buck, lion and wild buffalo are being hunted.
Place of Origin
Faizabad, India (made)
Date
ca. 1774 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Watercolours
Dimensions
Length: 37 cm, Width: 53.5 cm
Descriptive line
Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 12. A hunt for several species in the woods at Oudh.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 119 p. ISBN 0944142303
Materials
Watercolour
Subjects depicted
Lion; Hunting; Deer; Woods; Tiger; Bear; Buffalo; Gentil, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph (Colonel); Rhinoceros; Oudh
Categories
Indian Company Paintings
Collection code
SSEA
