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1. Add Or 5004

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5004
Title:
An elephant gorgeously caparisoned bearing a howdah with a state chair, with a mahout.
Scope & Content:
An elephant gorgeously caparisoned bearing a howdah with a state chair, with a mahout. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour; 495 by 390 mm. Note: This and Add.Or.5010 below seem related to the caparisoned elephants drawn for Steuart & Co, Add.Or.535-7.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5010

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5010
Title:
A caparisoned and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible
Scope & Content:
A caparison and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour; 502 by 433 mm. Note: see note under Add.Or.5004 above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

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