Akbar
ca. 1590-95
Basawan
SSEA
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, left half of a double page composition (with IS.2:21-1896). Akbar, clad in a white jama with orange turban and holding a golden ankus, rides the elephant Hawa'i as it pursues another elephant over a bridge of boats across a river outside the red sandstone walls of Agra Fort.
- Maker/Artist
- Basawan
- Classification
- Painting
- Medium
- paper, opaque watercolour, paint, painted, drawing
- Locations
- historical-region: Mughal Empire
- Dimensions
- Height: 33 cm Width: 20 cm
- Departments
- SSEA
- Accession Number
- IS.2:22-1896
- Credit Line
- Purchased from Mrs. Clarke, The Dingle, Sydenham Hill, S. E
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