Elopement on Elephant
Unidentified Mughal School maker
18th century
Watercolor and gilt illuminations on paper
Overall: 8 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (21 × 10.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Fannie and Alan Leslie M.D., Class of 1930, Medical School 1931
2006.106.2
Geography
Place Made: India, South Asia, Asia
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
On view
Course History
ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022
HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022
REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022
HIST 90.15/ASCL 54.12, Early Modern India, 1500-1800, Tiraana Bains, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
Gold: Materiality, Morality, and Metaphor, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 14, 2024.
Provenance
Gift of the Estate of Fannie and Alan Leslie, Palm Springs, California; given to present collection, 2006.
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