A Royal Elephant Portrait
Artist
Unknown Indian
CultureIndian, Rajasthan
Titles
- A Royal Elephant Portrait
Date18th century
DimensionsSheet (at open): 11 5/8 × 15 7/16 in. (29.6 × 39.2 cm)
Frame: 16 3/16 × 20 × 5/8 in. (41.1 × 50.8 × 1.6 cm)
Frame: 16 3/16 × 20 × 5/8 in. (41.1 × 50.8 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sushila and Durga Agrawal in honor of Anu Lal
Object number2025.47
Non exposé
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Department
Asian ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Published References N/A Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The inscription is the name of the elephant, which is located at the top of the portrait.
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A
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Unknown Indian
1800–1814
Album leaf; pen, sepia ink, traces of color tinting, and gray wash on paper
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c. 1830
Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper
2018.216
Unknown Indian
1815–c. 1820
Graphite, ink, and watercolor on laid paper
2021.503-2021.534
Unknown Indian
c. 1812–1814
Graphite, ink, and watercolor on wove paper
2021.524
Unknown Indian
c. 1812–1814
Graphite, ink, and watercolor on wove paper
2021.520
Unknown Indian
c. 1812–1814
Graphite, ink, and watercolor on wove paper
2021.529
Unknown Indian
1815–c. 1820
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
2021.503