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Elephants with riders in Jaipur
Elephants with riders in Jaipur

Elephants with riders in Jaipur

Place of OriginJaipur, Rajasthan state, India
Date1927
MaterialsGelatin silver print
DimensionsH. 11 in x W. 14 1/4 in, H. 27.9 cm x W. 36.2 cm (image)
Credit LineFrom the Collection of William K. Ehrenfeld, M.D.
Object number2005.64.126
DepartmentSouth Asian Art
ClassificationsPhotography
On View
Not on view
InscribedInscription: Jaipur 1927 1. Edwy Brown Dallas Tex[as] 2. F. S. Fales N.Y. 3. T. A. McDonald Calcutta 4. Mrs. F. S. Fales 5. Mrs. Edwy Brown 6. H. L. Pratt Jr N.Y. 7. Miss F. Fales [Inscriptions correspond to numbers written onto the figures in photo].
More Information
Here, well-to-do tourists are taking an elephant ride. The original mounting of the photograph lists the riders' names. One of them is Edwy Rolph Brown of Dallas, who established an oil refinery in 1898, and by the time this photo was taken in 1927 had become director and vice president of Standard Oil of New York. In this photograph Brown is accompanied by his wife and daughter as well as several other American businessmen who seem to have had connections with Standard Oil.
Subject
  • elephant