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Drawing

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A brush drawing, in ink on paper, fragment of a large drawing, pricked for pouncing (for use as a pinhole stencil), depicting elephants in a landscape


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn using brush in ink on paper, pricked
Brief description
Brush drawing, elephants playing, ink on paper, Kota, ca. 1780
Physical description
A brush drawing, in ink on paper, fragment of a large drawing, pricked for pouncing (for use as a pinhole stencil), depicting elephants in a landscape
Dimensions
  • Height: 216mm (maximum)
  • Width: 320mm (maximum)
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Elephants in a landscape.
Style
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.448-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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