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| Keywords: A tiger hunt at Jhajjar, Rohtak District, Panjab.jpg en This Company painting is by Ghulam Ali Khan who was working in Delhi around 1820 and was the brother of another Company artist Faiz Ali Khan The painting depicts a tiger hunt at Jhajjar Rohtak District Panjab Nearly all of the figures and some of the elephants are inscribed with their names in small Persian characters In the centre of the hunt can be seen Nawab Muhammad Abdul Rahman Khan on horseback spearing a tiger and on the horizon is a line of elephants carrying dead tigers and a deer The nawab was a landlord in Rohtak District who owned Jhajjar Badli and Karaund He rebelled during the so-called 'Indian Mutiny' also known as the First War of Indian Independence and was executed by the British in Delhi on 23 December 1857 'Company paintings' were produced by Indian artists for Europeans living and working in the Indian subcontinent especially British employees of the East India Company They represent a fusion of traditional Indian artistic styles with conventions and technical features borrowed from western art Some Company paintings were specially commissioned while others were virtually mass-produced and could be purchased in bazaars circa 1820 painted http //collections vam ac uk/item/O17504/a-tiger-hunt-at-jhajjar-painting-khan-ghulam-ali/ Khan Ghulam Ali maker PD-Art-100 Ghulam Ali Khan Company style 1820s paintings from India 1820 paintings Tiger hunting in art of India History of Haryana Elephants in art of India Men's clothing of India in art 1820 in India | ||||
