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ID: 700009452 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009452 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
A Prince Restrains a Rampaging Elephant (watercolor drawings; unknown Indian; ca. 1780; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia count...; 2004-149-65) | |
Note: The subject of this watercolor references elephant training, which was considered a science. The figure wearing royal dress is perhaps Maharao Umed Singh I (reigned 1771 - 1819) of Kota.Elephant combats of various sorts were a popular sport among Indian rulers. Elephants, however, have a tendency to become enraged if hurt, startled, or during breeding times and this elephant has clearly run amok. Nothing deters him: not the pointed goad wielded by his princely rider, nor the whirling firecrackers of his keepers, nor the whip of a rider whose black horse shies from the enraged beast. | |
Titles: |
A Prince Restrains a Rampaging Elephant (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,P) |
Catalog Level: item |
watercolor drawings [300078925] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>) |
paintings (preferred) |
drawings |
Creation Date: ca. 1780 |
unknown Indian [preferred] |
artist unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241] |
Locations: |
Current: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) [500214534] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: 2004-149-65 |
Credit Line: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Alvin O. Bellak Collection, 2004 |
Other: Creation: Kotā [7576388] Rajasthan (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: opaque watercolor, gold, and silver-colored paint on paper |
gilt paint [300343596] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint) |
gouache (paint) [300070114] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint) |
silver paint [300379713] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint) |
paper (fiber product) [300014109] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>) |
Dimensions: Image: 11 1/4 × 16 13/16 inches (28.6 × 42.7 cm); Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 1/2 inches (30.2 × 44.5 cm) |
Indian (preferred) |
genre (preferred) |
prince (ruler) [300025482] | |
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>, rulers (people)) (AAT) |
Maharao Umed Singh I (Indian prince, reigned 1771-1819) [500475806] | |
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN) |
Asian elephant (species) [300389773] | |
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Proboscidea (order), Elephantidae (family), Elephas (genus)) (AAT) |
animal training [300417903] | |
.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, educational functions, educating, training) (AAT) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media |
Sources and Contributors: | |
A Prince Restrains a Rampaging Elephant | ........ [VP] |
........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-) | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-) asccessed 15 June 2018 | |
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