Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah
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Elephant ascending rocky ground; an Indian gentleman with gun standing in the howdah; an attendant seated behind him, a second attendant standing on the elephant’s hind-quarters.
A British resident of Lucknow with his two elephants
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A British resident of Lucknow with his two elephants - one a ceremonial elephant with rich housings, the other an elephant for ‘shikar’. He is standing in the howdah of the latter elephant holding a gun; a servant, also with a gun, is seated behind him. In the background a mansion (perhaps the...
Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag.
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Three Indians on an elephant, with kettledrum and flag. ‘Nagara’ is a kettledrum. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘The Royal Nagger’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
A European in a howdah on an elephant next to a rest-house.
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A European in a howdah on an elephant next to a rest-house. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘The Howder. A Choultry - an Edifice for humane purposes erected for the Traveller’. Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.