ID: 700009452 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009452	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

A Prince Restrains a Rampaging Elephant (watercolor drawings; unknown Indian; ca. 1780; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia count...; 2004-149-65)

Note: The subject of this watercolor references elephant training, which was considered a science. The figure wearing royal dress is perhaps Maharao Umed Singh I (reigned 1771 - 1819) of Kota.Elephant combats of various sorts were a popular sport among Indian rulers. Elephants, however, have a tendency to become enraged if hurt, startled, or during breeding times and this elephant has clearly run amok. Nothing deters him: not the pointed goad wielded by his princely rider, nor the whirling firecrackers of his keepers, nor the whip of a rider whose black horse shies from the enraged beast.

Titles:

A Prince Restrains a Rampaging Elephant (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

watercolor drawings [300078925] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

drawings

Creation Date: ca. 1780

Creator Display:

unknown Indian [preferred]

artist unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241]

Locations:

Current: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) [500214534] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2004-149-65

Credit Line: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Alvin O. Bellak Collection, 2004

Other: Creation: Kotā [7576388] Rajasthan (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: opaque watercolor, gold, and silver-colored paint on paper

	gilt paint [300343596]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	gouache (paint) [300070114]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	silver paint [300379713]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: Image: 11 1/4 × 16 13/16 inches (28.6 × 42.7 cm); Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 1/2 inches (30.2 × 44.5 cm)

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

General Subject:

genre (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	prince (ruler) [300025482]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>, rulers (people)) (AAT)

	Maharao Umed Singh I (Indian prince, reigned 1771-1819) [500475806]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Asian elephant (species) [300389773]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Proboscidea (order), Elephantidae (family), Elephas (genus)) (AAT)

	animal training [300417903]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, educational functions, educating, training) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
A Prince Restrains a Rampaging Elephant	........ [VP]
	........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-) asccessed 15 June 2018