Hunting scene, leopard attacking one of two elephants, howdahs, mahouts
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5104185
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Title
Hunting scene, leopard attacking one of two elephants, howdahs, mahouts
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
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1780 - 1858
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection
Shelf locator: MAF++ (Indian coloured drawings) v. 2
Subjects
Transportation -- India
Elephants in art
Genres
Notes
Content: Formerly mounted in album.
Physical Description
Gouaches
Watercolor gouache on mica.
Extent: 107 x 155 mm
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13976376
Mica number: 2.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8b5dd790-4bbe-0131-bd9f-58d385a7b928
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Hunting scene, leopard attacking one of two elephants, howdahs, mahouts " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8b5dd790-4bbe-0131-bd9f-58d385a7b928
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