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Title
La defaite de Porus // [The defeat of Porus].
Call Number
A Middle 39/Drawer 12/GC077/Full Folio/17th-18th c. GA 2012.01270
Identifier
ark:/88435/zw12zf79x
Publisher
n.d. [ca. 1730].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1730
Extent
1 item ; sheet 95.3 x 173.5 cm.
References
Le Blanc III, p. 196, no. 23
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Inscribed in plate, l.c.: 'Sire. Je suplie tres humblement Vostre Majeste de recevoir ce fruit de mon travail sous sa protection, et de vouloir e 16 regarder avec sa bonte ordinaire, Anime du desir de plaire a vostre Mate. Je ne cesseray qu'avec la vie de luy donner ces marques de mon application et du zelc avec lequel Je suis son tres humble et tres fidele sujet Gobert.'
Signed, lower right: "Th. Gobert Regiorum adificiorum olim praefectus invenit et fecit".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Picart Sculpsit ex. C.P.R.".
Depiction: Battle of Hydaspes scene. Elephants, soldiers in classical armor.

Discovery Information

Subject
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.—Art
Porus, Prince of India, active 4th century B.C.—Art
Greece—History—Macedonian Expansion, 359323 B.C.—Campaigns—In art
Hydaspes, Battle of the, India, 326 B.C.—In art
India—History, Military—To 324 B.C.—In art
South Asia—History, Military—In art
Animals—India—In art
Elephants—India—In art
Soldiers—India—In art
Soldiers—Macedonia—In art
Art

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File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/eb7e6753-9711-4fc0-9199-f83456328ef9/manifest