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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.199
Title
Procession at Datia
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Procession (ruler on elephant, with attendants)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
late 18th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Bundelkhand
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217613

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and opaque watercolor over charcoal underdrawing, off-white laid paper
Dimensions
42.3 x 82 cm (16 5/8 x 32 5/16 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
2009.202.199
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The drawing depicts a large procession featuring, at the center, an elephant. Mounted on the animal is a rider (mahout) that holds the reins with one hand and a fly whisk up with the other. Behind him is a male figure, whose elegant dress and jewelry suggest he is a member of royalty. Both hands hold onto a sword (talwar) in front of him. The elephant is flanked by rows of attendants that are either on foot or on horseback. Some carry swords, matchlock guns, spears, and large black shields.

Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch, Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches , exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (Washington, D.C, 1976), Page 124-125/Figure 70
  • Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), pp.184-185, no. 64

Exhibition History

  • Indian Paintings from a Private Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/13/1983 - 12/11/1983
  • Indian and Persian Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/25/1987 - 06/21/1987
  • Precisely to the Point, Daggers and Drawings from Persia and India: 15th-19th century, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/30/1992 - 07/26/1992
  • From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005

Verification Level

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