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Add Or 238
- Record Id:
- 041-003271117
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003271087
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0005f9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100168445040.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 238
- Title:
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Two elephants with riders and an attendant on foot.
- Scope & Content:
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A procession of two elephants with riders carrying elephant goads. The elephants are covered with elaborately decorated textiles. A figure on foot precedes the elephants, and is shown wearing a green tunic with a red and blue sash and cummerbund. He carries a staff.
Inscribed with Persian characters above the riders. In pencil.
19.5cm by 32.6cm
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003271087
040-003271111
041-003271117 - Is part of:
- Add Or 211-304 : Add.Or.211-304 Two unfinished sets of drawings intended as panoramas depicting durbar processions of Akbar II, Emperor of…
Add Or 233-304 : Album of 72 unfinished drawings showing the durbar procession of Akbar II
Add Or 238 : Two elephants with riders and an attendant on foot. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003271087[0002]/040-003271111[0006]/041-003271117
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 211-304
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100168445040.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Delhi style
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1825
- Date Range:
- 1820-1825
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)