Artwork
An elephant with a howdah
An elephant with a howdah is a paint painting by the Patna School of Painting artist Unknown. It dates from 1870 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This Company Painting is from a series of 40 illustrating modes of transport, occupations, entertainers, ascetics and Muharram subjects.
About this work
Overview
The work is rendered on mica, a material traditionally used for preserving tracings in regions such as Murshidabad, Patna, and Varanasi.
This Company Painting from 1870 depicts an elephant carrying a howdah with two seated men, accompanied by a mahout at the front and two spear-carrying attendants walking ahead. Part of a series of forty works illustrating various subjects, it was created by an unknown Indian artist for European patrons. The work is rendered on mica, a material traditionally used for preserving tracings in regions such as Murshidabad, Patna, and Varanasi.
Artist & collection
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