2009.202.167: Tiger Attacking a Hunter and his Elephant

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.167

Title

Tiger Attacking a Hunter and his Elephant

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1860

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/183362

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style

Dimensions

24 x 36 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Stuart Cary Welch (by 1973 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch

Accession Year

2009

Object Number

2009.202.167

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

In the center of the page is a large elephant trying to run from a tiger that has just attacked it. The elephant turns towards the tiger, its trunk in the air and its ears flapping forward. The mounted hunter aims an arrow at the tiger. He wears a turban and a waist sash (patka) with a punch dagger (katar) and a quiver full of arrows hanging from it. Two attendants on foot rush to the scene. The one closest to the tiger leaps forward, holding a match in one hand and a lit candle on a long pole in the other. The lit candle is an attempt to spook the tiger. The attendant on the far right runs over, carrying a long spear in his left hand. Rajput style.

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