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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
South Asia Gallery, Room 41

Princes riding

Drawing
ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kota (made)

Brush drawing, in ink and watercolour on paper, depicting princes on horseback pursued by an elephant.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Paintings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
TitlePrinces riding (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink and watercolour on paper
Ink
Water-Colour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Drawing of princes on horseback being pursued by an elephant, ink and water-colour on paper, Kota, Rajasthan ca. 1820
Physical description
Brush drawing, in ink and watercolour on paper, depicting princes on horseback pursued by an elephant.
Dimensions
  • Height: 301mm (maximum)
  • Width: 257mm (maximum)
Measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013 (05/06/2013). Object irregular in shape.
Content description
Princes on horseback pursued by an elephant.
Styles
Rajasthani
Kota
Gallery label
  • This fragment depicting two princes on horseback, closely pursued by an elephant, conveys the animated and energetic style of hunting scenes typical of the Kota region. Collecting drawings, sketches and unfinished studies was a passion for Colonel Thomas Gayer-Anderson, one of the twin brothers who donated this work. It is part of a group of 400 paintings and drawings presented to the museum in 1952.(March 2022)
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.
Subjects depicted
Elephant
Equestrians
Horses
Men
Princes
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.298-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433286/princes-riding-drawing-unknown/
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