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Painting

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a large elephant is shown against a yellow background. He has become enraged by the fireworks attached to his tusks. Two mahouts (elephant drivers) are on his back: the elephant has grabbed the leg of one of them in his trunk while the other tries to stop him being dragged off the elephant's back. Other attendants surround the elephant and goad him with spears.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Drawn and painted in ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, elephant goaded by mahouts, opaque watercolour on paper, Kota, ca. 1870
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a large elephant is shown against a yellow background. He has become enraged by the fireworks attached to his tusks. Two mahouts (elephant drivers) are on his back: the elephant has grabbed the leg of one of them in his trunk while the other tries to stop him being dragged off the elephant's back. Other attendants surround the elephant and goad him with spears.
Dimensions
  • Height: 357mm
  • Width: 505mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 307mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 449mm
05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A large elephant is shown against a yellow background. He has become enraged by the fireworks attached to his tusks. Two mahouts (elephant drivers) are on his back: the elephant has grabbed the leg of one of them in his trunk while the other tries to stop him being dragged off the elephant's back. Other attendants surround the elephant and goad him with spears.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • (handwritten at top; transliteration from register description)
    Transliteration
    'Sri Darbar Bhim Singh-ji kohati nagi sham sher'
  • (handwritten at bottom; transliteration from register description)
    Transliteration
    'Karigar Ammad Kotah'
Credit line
Given by Cary Welch Esq., 1955.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no 31. p. 56.
Collection
Accession number
IS.97-1955

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Record createdJuly 1, 2003
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