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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Jaipur (made)

A brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a pair of elephants fighting. On the verso, a pair of elephants with their mahouts.

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Categories	Drawings Animals and Wildlife Paintings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Drawn and painted with brush, in ink on paper Paint Paper Drawn Painted
Brief description	Brush drawing, elephants, ink on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1800
Physical description	A brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a pair of elephants fighting. On the verso, a pair of elephants with their mahouts.
Dimensions	Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 330mm (absolute maximum (object)) Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 263mm (absolute maximum (object)) 08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure object due to the way in which it is mounted
Content description	Elephants fighting; on the verso, a pair of elephants with their mahouts.
Style	Jaipur
Credit line	Given by Colonel T.G. Gayer-Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O. and Major R.G. Anderson, Pasha.
Object history	From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subjects depicted	Elephants Mahout
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.466-1952

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433408/drawing-unknown/

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