Two men on a camel / Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur
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- Accession Number
- 1980/2.246
- Title
- Two men on a camel
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Rajasthan (state)
- Marwar (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Rajasthan (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Marwar (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
- Inscription
- Two-line inscription in nagari characters along the top border.
- Dimensions
- 30.8 cm x 23.18 cm (12 1/8 in. x 9 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- figures on landscape
- Physical Description
- Three main figures (two men and the camel they are riding) are brought to the foreground because of the contrast between their light colors against the stark green hill. The hill dominates the background leaving only a little bit of blue sky visible in the top corners. Underneath the main figures a secondary white dog and rabbit are also prominent.
- Subject Matter
- Two men, equally overdressed, ride a self-important camel. Underneath them their hunting dog attacks a rabbit. Behind them is a tree-covered hill in the background. Given the specificity of the men’s faces, this may be a double portrait, but their identity has yet to be ascertained.
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- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
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- layout features
- mammals
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 933 x 1287
- File Size
- 128 KB
- Record
- 1980/2.246
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"Two men on a camel; Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.246/1980_2.246.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
