id:			144840
accession number:	1969.65
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.65
updated:		2024-05-21 11:11:37.260000

Drawing of an Elephant, c. 1700. India, Mughal School, early 18th Century. Ink on paper; image: 12.8 x 18.1 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.); overall: 20 x 25.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1969.65

title:				Drawing of an Elephant
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1700
creation date earliest:		1695
creation date latest:		1705
current location:		
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			

---

culture:	India, Mughal School, early 18th Century
technique:	ink on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Image: 12.8 x 18.1 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.); Overall: 20 x 25.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		A Cleveland Bestiary
	opening date:   1981-10-15T04:00:00
	<i>A Cleveland Bestiary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

	(Kasmin Gallery, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1969
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969–
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:

---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1969." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 1 (1970): 2-50.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 217, p. 51
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152307

	"Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1969." <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 24 (1970): 86-117.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 107
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/20111025

	Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 40;  Mentioned: p. 39, p. 62
	url:		

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawing</em>s. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 40
	url:		

---

IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.65/1969.65_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.65/1969.65_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.65/1969.65_full.tif