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An elephant and her calf ambushed by African men with spears. Lithograph.
Date: 1874Reference: 561390i
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A Buddhist master (?) enthroned on an elephant, being presented with a sword-like object by a man and woman. Watercolour with gouache, China (?), 1750/1850?.
Date: 1750-1850Reference: 568388i
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Dissection of the internal organs of an elephant: four figures. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789.Date: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571076i
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Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon : with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant and a description of the modes of capturing and training it with engravings from original drawings / by Sir J. Emerson Tennent.
Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869.Date: 1861
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Head of an elephant: six figures, including a detail of the eye, and dissections illustrating the bones and muscles of the head. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789.Date: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571083i
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Durga mounted on her lion fighting a demon army. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27688i
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Burma: courtly ceremonies, entertainments and sports. Gouache paintings.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 47216i
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An elephant, seen from below. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789.Date: [1787/1800]Reference: 571070i
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Teeth and jawbones of an elephant: nine figures. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1787.
Camper, Petrus, 1722-1789.Date: [1787/1800?]Reference: 571099i
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A gathering of many different animals with a large walled classical Italian-style garden behind and a banner bearing the book title above. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: 1674Reference: 24360i
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An elephant. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.Date: [between 1790 and 1799?]Reference: 750629i
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The menageries : quadrupeds, described and drawn from living subjects.
Date: 1831
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Events in Krishna's life. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 25948i
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Two elephants bathing in a stream in a jungle. Colour lithograph.
Reference: 41273i
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A female African elephant (Elephas africanus) shielding her calf from arrows thrown by men. Wood engraving.
Reference: 39830i
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Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed: represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the University of Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1817.
Kay, John, 1742-1826.Date: 1817Reference: 544963i
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An adult elephant with human limbs balances a similar baby elephant on its foot and holds it by the hand. Photolithograph (?).
Blake, William, 1757-1827.Reference: 3010817i
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An elephant with a blind man wearing glasses and holding a stick who prods the mammal in numerous places including hanging from its tusk; an advertisement for AIDS awareness by lAshraya, the AIDS Awareness and Counselling Centre, a Project of IMA Blood Bank. Colour lithograph by Meridian Ad Systems, Cochin, ca. 1998.
Date: [1998?]Reference: 677546i
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Two elephants coupling with the message in German 'only with a condom' representing an advertisement for 10 years of AIDS of the AIDS-Hilfen in Austria. Colour lithograph by Buenos Dias.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 675178i
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A procession to war with a band and cavalry. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27658i
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An elephant wearing a condom on its raised trunk runs across a desert; advertising safe sex. Colour lithograph by M. Westrup for Wizard & Genius-Idealdecor AG, 1993.
Westrup, Matt.Date: 1992Reference: 675078i
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Saraswati sitting on a lotus with her elephant fish. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 26822i
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A fat man rides on the back of an elephant which opens a bottle of champagne with his trunk while trampling further bottles under foot. Coloured lithograph by the Becquet brothers after Bischty (?), 1868.
Date: 1868Reference: 643471i
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Anointment of Lakshmi. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 26008i
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An Indian military procession with camels, elephants and horses. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 27679i