A hunting cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold, the gold added at the time the album leaf was made; mounted on an album page with one other. 95 by 132 mm; page 362 by 232 mm. The cheetah is blindfolded on a cart drawn by tw...
A hunting cheetah on a bullock-cart. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 37 in Persian inventory note. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; inner gilt floral border, outer border giltsprinkled on a plain ground. 73 by 118 mm; page 415 by 2...
A cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note (written twice); inscribed beneath: ‘‘amal-i ram’ (?) ‘das’ (the work of Ram Das). Lightly coloured drawing; on both sides are gilt floral inner borders with plain outer bo...
Asian Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus venaticus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Chitta Tyger. A Chitta or Leopard speckled with small spots.’ ‘This Animal catches the Deer, the young kind of this animal will serve very soon to Chace but old one will take up to two years to practise for hunting. The male a...
Cheetah from Seringapatam (Srirangapattana) Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘Drawn from life from a Cheeta that was found in the Palace of Tippoo Sultan at Seringapatam. 1799.’ [inscribed in nastaliq on front] ‘be-farsi-yuz-guyand, be-hindi-cheeta’ [in Farsi this is a little panther, in H...
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘dar Farsi yuz-guyand, dar Hindi cheetah’, plus dimensions Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah has a harness.
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah is shown collared with a red hood over its eyes and draped in a red cape.
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah is shown sporting its harness in a landscape with bullock cart and caparisoned elephants in the distance, and with its cape and hood and water scoop nearby.