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Rawat Gokul Das inspects a trapped tiger

  • Description

    An angry tiger hangs suspended from the weighted swing-trap to which it has been lured by means of a tethered buffalo. Dressed in hunting green, Rawat Gokul Das calmly smokes his hookah as he inspects the trapped beast with his entourage.

  • Details

    Associated place
    Deogarh (place of creation)
    Deogarh (possible subject)
    Date
    1810 - 1815
    Artist/maker
    attributed to Chokha (active 1799 - c. 1826) (artist)
    Associated people
    Gokul Das, Rawat of Devgarh (ruled 1786 - 1821) (subject)
    Material and technique
    gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    mount 55.7 x 40.4 cm (height x width)
    page 30.5 x 45 cm (height x width)
    painting 26.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
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    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Dr Catherine Benkaim, 2000.
    Accession no.
    EA2000.2

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