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Two circus elephants performing to a crowd by drinking and eating from a table. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 39838i
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Skull of an elephant: eight figures showing the skull and jawbone. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Petrus CamperDate: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571090i
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A large elephant with a monkey on its back and various flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
Wenceslaus HollarDate: [1674]Reference: 24367i
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Lakshmi lustrated by two elephants. Watercolour, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 26778i
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Manmatha (Kamadeva), Hindu god of love, shooting arrows with his bow while sitting on a elephant composed of women. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 581076i
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An elephant fight, with a few men holding spears with sparkling fires at one end. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 580861i
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Prome (Pyay), Burma: north view of the Great Pagoda. Coloured aquatint by William Daniell after James Kershaw, c. 1831.
Kershaw, JamesDate: [1831]Reference: 29620i
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Fallen angels with animalized characteristics tumble from heaven under the sword of Michael. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.
Maerten de VosDate: 1583Reference: 25051i
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The evolution of the elephant : as illustrated in the Yale collections / by Richard S. Lull.
R. S. LullDate: [1908]
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Tiger hunting in India: men riding elephants shoot at a tiger that tries to escape by swimming across a river. Watercolour, 18--.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 577169i
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Eastern gate of the Jami Masjid at Delhi, India. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.
Thomas DaniellDate: March 1795Reference: 27248i
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Dissection of the reproductive organs (?) of a male elephant: two figures. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Petrus CamperDate: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571077i
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Dissections of an elephant's trunk and tusks: seven figures. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Petrus CamperDate: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571093i
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A person of high rank watches an elephant fight along with other spectators. Gouache painting by an Indic artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 579953i
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Dissection of the internal organs (brain?) of an elephant: five figures. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Petrus CamperDate: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571092i
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A guide to the elephants (recent and fossil) exhibited in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W.7 / prepared by Charles Andrews.
Andrews, Charles (Charles William), 1866-1924.Date: 1922
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Fish in human situations. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1832.
George CruikshankDate: Sept. 1 1832Reference: 36045i
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Lakshmi sitting on a lotus being anointed by two elephants. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 26818i
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A report on a faunal survey of Northern Rhodesia with especial reference to game, elephant control, and national parks.
Charles Robert Senhouse PitmanDate: 1934
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Transporting artillery by boat across the river Beas, Himachal Pradesh. Coloured lithograph after Alexander Jack, c. 1847.
Jack, AlexanderDate: [1847]Reference: 27963i
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An elephant trumpeting and spraying itself with water from its trunk; representing sobriety against the deceptiveness of alcohol. Colour lithograph after Séguin.
Séguin (Designer)Date: [1953?]Reference: 675168i
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An elephant, with its abdomen dissected, seen from below: three figures, including two details showing the kidneys and bladder. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Petrus CamperDate: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571072i
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An embassy of the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh), led by his minister Haider Beg Khan, passing Patna on its way to Lord Cornwallis, the new Governor-General of India, in Calcutta in 1786. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1800, after J. Zoffany, 1796.
Johann ZoffanyDate: 12th. July, 1800Reference: 574899i
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Dissection of the internal organs of an elephant: four figures. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Petrus CamperDate: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571073i
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Page 103: Hanuman leading an elephant carrying Rama, Sita and Laksmana. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27306i