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Originally Posted by mahratt

The painting Vereshchagin "Entrance Prince of Wales in Jaipur in 1876", which is stored in the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta - the biggest in India artistic canvas painted in oil.

Despite being the third largest painting in the world of its type I can not find a large image of it.

The state entry of King Edward VII, then prince of Wales, into Jaipur in 1876, painted by Russian artist Veretchagin.

The richly caparisoned elephants advancing majestically with horses and footmen in a procession passing the Amber Chowpar in Jaipur make a composition of very great beauty. The Prince of Wales and Maharaja Ram Singh of Jaipur are seated on the first elephant. Behind them on the same elephant is Sir Alfred Lyall, the political Agent of Rajputana at the time. Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere who accompanied the Prince of Wales in his Indian tour is on the next elephant and General Sam Brown is on the third.

Two other elephants behind these carry members of the Prince's personal staff as well as some officials of the Jaipur State. Measuring 274 inches by 196. this painting is known to be the largest in oils in India and the third largest in this medium in the world. It was originally the property of Edward Malley of New Haven, U.S.A. from whom it was acquired by the Maharaja of Jaipur and presented to the Victoria Memorial in 1905.