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Johnson 3,3
- Record Id:
- 041-003286503
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00003a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171478727.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 3,3
- Title:
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Elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) attributed to
- Scope & Content:
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An elephant and rider trampling a tiger.
Attributed to Mir Kalan Khan, Faizabad, c.1770.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 49 in Persian inventory note (inscription partly erased).
Gouache with gold; gold and silver borders.
173 by 253 mm; page 250 by 378 mm.
The elephant is driving down on the tiger with its tusks and knees as the rider uses a lance to spear the tiger’s side. The tiger resists with claws and teeth; green background.
Note: This composition derives from earlier illustrations of a hunting incident involving Jahangir. In the original, a lion is mauling a hunter, and Jahangir from the back of the elephant kills the lion with a lance (Skelton (1969); Falk (1978), no.16).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286500
041-003286503 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 3 : Total of 6 leaves separately mounted. All the pictures contain animals, some being equestrian portraits, others hunting scenes. The…
Johnson 3,3 : Elephant and rider trampling a tiger. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) attributed to - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0004]/040-003286500[0003]/041-003286503
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171478727.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
Lucknow/Faizabad style - Start Date:
- 1769
- End Date:
- 1771
- Date Range:
- c 1770
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.3,3
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 241
- Exhibitions:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, British Library, 9 November 2012 - 2 April 2013
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)