Capture of a Wild Elephant
about 1775–80
Object PlaceGuler or Kangra, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor on paper
DimensionsOverall: 29.8 x 22.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2626
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ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)
