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These paintings usually had flat backgrounds made with a wash of plain colour. Often, unimportant people, such as servants, are painted smaller than they really are.

© Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA

The Raja and his servant, each holding a lotus blossom, are standing under a canopy. The white robed mahout tries to control the elephant as a leopard attacks it. The mahout, elephant and leopard are shown on a small scale. The writing gives the names of the two men.