For #WorldElephantDay :
Drawing (Zoomorphic Calligraphy, #Elephant )
North India or Pakistan, possibly Lahore, late 19th c.
Black ink on paper
“Ornamental calligraphy in the form of a running elephant, saddled with a double-seated high saddle. The whole embodies the name and titles of a Nawab of Jasra.”
V & A IM.19-1916: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O454588/drawing-unknown/
#SouthAsianArt #IslamicArt