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Akbar-Nama of Abu'l Fazl: Akbar mounted on elephant pursues wild elephant across collapsing bridge of boats, outline by Basawan, painting by Chatar, late 16th century

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dc.contributor.authorVictoria & Albert Museum
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T23:32:48Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T23:32:48Z
dc.date.updated2019-12-05T23:32:47Z
dc.descriptionStriking instances of a strong diagonal axis occur in two of the best-known pages, illustrating Akbar's attempt to control a wild elephant as it rushes onto a bridge of boats on the Jehelum, and the siege train before the castle of Ranthambor, hauled up the steep rocky hill by oxen. The first of these two double-page pictures is by Basawan, the second by Miskina, both of whom are rivalled in this manuscript only by three other painters, Lal, Kesu the Elder and Madhu the Elder, all of whom are not unexpectedly among those mentioned in the A'in I-Akbari, thus showing their reputation at the time. (Douglas E. Barrett & Basil Gray, Painting of India, Geneva, Skira, 1963, p. 93)
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumcolour
dc.identifierANUA 682-2896
dc.identifier.otherIIP-646
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/187847
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectAkbar-Namas
dc.subjectpaintings
dc.subjectminiatures
dc.subjectphotograph
dc.titleAkbar-Nama of Abu'l Fazl: Akbar mounted on elephant pursues wild elephant across collapsing bridge of boats, outline by Basawan, painting by Chatar, late 16th century
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesVictoria & Albert Museum, IS 2-1896 (22/117)

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