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Royal Hunts

Album Page
ca. 1774 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A hunt in the park at Faizabad by the Emperor Shah Alam II (now reigning). The emperor on an elephant, his nobles and Col. Gentil on horseback, hunting black buck with cheetahs.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleRoyal Hunts (series title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 8. A hunt in the park at Faizabad by the Emperor Shah Alam II (on elephant), others on horseback. The text on the back of this page relates to the next image, IS.25:9-1980.
Physical description
A hunt in the park at Faizabad by the Emperor Shah Alam II (now reigning). The emperor on an elephant, his nobles and Col. Gentil on horseback, hunting black buck with cheetahs.
Dimensions
  • Length: 37cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with notes relating to the illustrations and a list of contents giving Gentil's title and a brief description for each folio. Inscribed inside front cover.)
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
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 Chanchal Dadlani, ‘Transporting India. The Gentil Album and Mughal Manuscript Culture’, Art History. 2025, pp. 748-761
Collection
Accession number
IS.25:8-1980

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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