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"did_you_know": "On the distant horizon a European rides an elephant, while a dog runs alongside.",
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"citation": "A related painting of Royal Women Shooting Lions is in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum.",
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"citation": "Coates, Robert M.. \"The Art Galleries Here and There.\" The New Yorker (December 31, 1960): 45-47.",
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"citation": "Desai, Vishakha N., B. N. Goswamy, and Ainslie Thomas Embree. Life at Court: Art for India's Rulers, 16th-19th Centuries. Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1985.",
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"citation": "Dixit, Rita. \"Ladies Who Hunt.\" Asian Art: the Newspaper for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 24, i. 6 (Summer 2021): 14\u201315.",
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