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Source Description
This single leaf with a color wash and illuminated drawing, Walters W.704, depicts an elephant with two archers attacking a rider on horseback. The attribution in the lower right corner reads "the work of Thakur Das." The image is surrounded by illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
84219
label
Elephant Attacking a Horse and Rider
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
84219
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Elephant Attacking a Horse and Rider
description
This single leaf with a color wash and illuminated drawing, Walters W.704, depicts an elephant with two archers attacking a rider on horseback. The attribution in the lower right corner reads "the work of Thakur Das." The image is surrounded by illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20
height
30.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 7/8 x W: 12 in. (20 x 30.5 cm); Image H: 3 11/16 x W: 6 5/8 in. (9.3 x 16.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard
creator_ids
19402
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
INT
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
655e6a1d3a94337b