Signed and inscribed E.L. Weeks/ Ajmere
Oil on canvas
13 x 20 inches (33 x 51 cm)
Framed: 19¼ x 26 inches (48.9 x 66 cm)
This painting, depicting in the foreground a stately elephant belonging to the Rajah of Bekanir, will be included in the forthcoming Weeks catalogue raisonné being prepared by Dr. Ellen K. Morris.
Provenance
Estate of Edwin Lord Weeks (sale, American Art Galleries, New York, March 15, 1905, lot 37)
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