Raja hunting a tiger on the back of an elephant, North India, Rajasthan, probably Kota, late 19th - early 20th century Gouache and gold on cardboard depicting a raja hunting a tiger on the back of an elephant led by a mahout. Framed. 19.5 x 22.8 cm Worn corners, light stains. The raja depicted here could be Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1827-1866), several of whose portraits depicting him in this activity are known in museums such as a drawing in the Brooklyn Museum (81.188.5) or gouaches in the Cleveland Museum (Inv. No. 2011.139) or the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.75.19).