Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin
(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.
Elephant eating a tree
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Description
A royal elephant enjoying a respite from its state duties takes its leafy lunch from a convenient tree. The bearded mahout directs the improvised meal with shouts of command and the touch of his ankus. Freely sketched with a sparing use of colour and wash, this composition derives from earlier Deccani and Mughal models.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north-west India › Jammu and Kashmir › Mankot (place of creation)
- Date
- c. 1700
- Material and technique
- brush drawing with colour on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 48.5 x 48.5 x 1.8 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 38 x 38 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.59
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 66 on p. 156, illus. p. 157
Past Exhibitions
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Location
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- Returned to lender
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Notice
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