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From Mughal to Company School Painting, c. 1800
Portrait of an Elephant with Mohout, Portrait of an Elephant. Gouache, pencil, watercolour and gold. On European paper. 16×13 cm.-27×32 cm. (2)
Elephants were an important part of Mughal life and thus a common subject in Mughal painting. War, elephant fights, hunting, punishment ( crushing to death) and travelling or simply for pomp and show were favoured subjects. Or as here; portraits of the subjects themselves. One of the acknowledged distinctions defining the transition from Mughal to Company Painting is the change from the opaque gouache used in the Mughal tradition to the translucent watercolour favoured by the European patrons. In this case, both elephants are painted on European paper; Portrait of an “Elephant” entirely in gouache, and Portrait of an “Elephant with Mohout” in gouache, watercolour and gold.
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Oriental sale, 30 November 2016