Album page with elephant and mahout

late 18th century

Object PlaceAwadh, India

Medium/TechniqueInk and light color on paper

Dimensions40.7 x 27.6 cm (16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Edward W. Forbes

Accession number07.288

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InscriptionsFour panels of Persian calligraphy in the inner margins and a brief Persian notation above the image.

ProvenanceGiven to the MFA by Edward W. Forbes in 1907.

early 18th century

early 18th century

18th century

mid-17th century

Late 19th century

mid-17th century

18th century

about 1620–30

probably 17th century

18th century, about 1735

18th century