FOUR ELEPHANT HOWDAH PROCESSIONS
Rajasthan and Northern India, late 19th - 20th century

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper and buff cardboard, comprising two small-sized vertical compositions, one featuring a composite elephant made of different animals and figures, ridden by a haloed Rajput ruler with his sword in the hand, backed on wasli paper; and the latter depicting an elephant howdah procession with a Rajput ruler, possibly Madan Singh of Jala, holding a flower sword or garland in his hands, accompanied by several attendants on foot and riding next to him, the largest 33.5cm x 24cm; and two large-sized horizontal compositions with similar subjects, one featuring a pencil annotation in English at the back suggesting the subject being the Mewar ruler, Maharaja Raj Singh I (r. 1652 – 1680), the largest 50cm x 59.8cm.