A tiger hunt at Jhajjar, Rohtak District, Panjab
1855
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1855
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A tiger hunt at Jhajjar, Rohtak District, Panjab is a 1855 paint by Ghulam Ali Khan, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a tiger hunt in 1850s Punjab. A line of elephants marches across the horizon. In the center, a man on horseback spears a tiger. It’s packed with tiny Persian names for every elephant and hunter. The artist even labeled the riders. Everyone’s identity is part of the scene. Look up Ghulam Ali Khan to see more of his work.
A watercolour by Ghulam Ali Khan from around 1855 shows a tiger hunt at Jhajjar in Rohtak District, Panjab. In the scene, Nawab Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Khan is depicted on horseback in the center, spearing a tiger, while a line of elephants on the horizon carries dead tigers and a deer. Nearly all figures and some elephants bear small inscribed names in Persian. The work later entered the collection of the Indian Museum in London before being transferred to the South Kensington Museum in 1879.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Ghulam Ali Khan painted delicate Mughal-style portraits and hunting scenes in the early 1800s.
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