File:Elephants pushing cannons drawn by bullocks.jpg

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anonymous: Elephants pushing cannons drawn by bullocks  wikidata:Q50812846 reasonator:Q50812846
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anonymous Edit this at Wikidata
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Kota
Title
Transporting Field Cannons Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Transporting Field Cannons Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Transporting Field Cannons Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Elephants pushing cannons drawn by bullocks, Kota, mid-18th century

[Elephants pushing cannons drawn by bullocks, Kota, mid-18th century]

This powerful fragmentary drawing of artillery on the move may have been a study for wall-paintings showing an army on the march. The large carriage-mounted cannons are drawn by bullock teams and pushed from behind by the royal elephants. Master gunners, mainly European mercenaries, sit on each cannon giving directions. Elephants were widely used for extreme lifting and pushing, and heaving the artillery along was all in their day’s work. Source: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium paper Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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2022.232 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Kota Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer http://warfare.tk/Moghul/18thC/Elephants_pushing_cannons.htm

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