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A prince riding an elephant in procession, north India, c. 1570
![A prince riding an elephant in procession north India, c. 1570](http://warfare.6te.net/Moghul/16thC/A_Prince_riding_an_elephant_in_procession-1570.jpg)
This fragment of a larger painting on cloth was made for Akbar at the same period as the Hamzanama series.
A prince, perhaps Akbar himself (now only seen in the original under-drawing), rides a large elephant at the head of a lively royal procession of elephants.
The upper part of this painting is in the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
Cloth-paintings of this kind were probably displayed within the emperor's tent quarters on his travels and campaigns.
Source: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Other Illustrations from the 1560-70s:
Prince Akbar Hunting a Nilgae, c.1555 - 1560
The 1570 Hamzanama of Akbar
Hunter shooting a leopard, from the 1570-75 Anwar-i Suhaili
Mughal Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers