Huntsmen loading the body of a lioness onto a kneeling elephant in a landscape: PD.81-1948

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Huntsmen loading the body of a lioness onto a kneeling elephant in a landscape

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1946 by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 116 mm
Width: 172 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1948) by Manuk, P. C. and Coles, G. M., Miss

School or Style

Mogul School

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour, bodycolour and white with pen and gold on paper, laid down

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.81-1948
Primary reference Number: 33219
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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