Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798, British
Title:
Figure from Elephanta
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 19 3/4 inches (30.5 × 50.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Elephanta No. 1"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.22437
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
Publications:
Douglas Fordham, Aquatint Worlds : Travel, Print, and Empire 1770-1820, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven and London, p. 90, fig. 70, NE2230 .F674 2019 (LC) Oversize

Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 27, no. 54, V2359 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17799