Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Jodhpur (made)

Brush drawing, in ink on paper, pricked for use as a pinhole stencil, Indra riding a seven-trunked elephant with mahout and female attendant, each holding a fly whisk.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Religion
Hinduism
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Painted in ink on paper, pricked
Ink
Paper
Painted
Drawn
Pricked
Brief description
Brush drawing, Indra riding seven-trunked elephant, ink on paper, pricked, Jodhpur, ca. 1800
Physical description
Brush drawing, in ink on paper, pricked for use as a pinhole stencil, Indra riding a seven-trunked elephant with mahout and female attendant, each holding a fly whisk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 442mm (maximum)
  • Width: 380mm (maximum)
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Indra riding a seven-trunked elephant with mahout and female attendant, each holding a fly whisk.
Style
Jodhpur
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Elephant
Mahout
Fly Whisk
Indra
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.190-1955

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433361/drawing-unknown/
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