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Elephant with caparison and howdah. Mahout in white robe and attendants, buildings in the background

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection

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Indian coloured drawings: a collection of 177 original paintings on "talc," etc., with 17 engravings, illustrating costume, vehicles and trades in India

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Volume 1--Mica drawings

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Elephant with caparison and howdah. Mahout in white robe and attendants, buildings in the background
Collection

Indian coloured drawings: a collection of 177 original paintings on "talc," etc., with 17 engravings, illustrating costume, vehicles and trades in India

Volume 1--Mica drawings

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1780 - 1858
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
Shelf locator: MAF++ (Indian coloured drawings) v. 2
Topics
Transportation -- India
Elephants in art
Genres
Drawings
Notes
Content: Formerly mounted in album.
Physical Description
Gouaches
Watercolor gouache on mica.
Drawings
Extent: 107 x 155 mm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13976376
Other local Identifier: 4.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ed0381e0-4bc0-0131-f9d3-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1780: Created (Approximate)
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Elephant with caparison and howdah. Mahout in white robe and attendants, buildings in the background" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780 - 1858. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/115e52f0-8a8e-0131-7b9f-58d385a7bbd0

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Elephant with caparison and howdah. Mahout in white robe and attendants, buildings in the background" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 11, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/115e52f0-8a8e-0131-7b9f-58d385a7bbd0

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1780 - 1858). Elephant with caparison and howdah. Mahout in white robe and attendants, buildings in the background Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/115e52f0-8a8e-0131-7b9f-58d385a7bbd0

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Elephant with caparison and howdah. Mahout in white robe and attendants, buildings in the background