Elephant Collection (#20)

Elephants Fighting

Elephants Stampeding
Elephants stampeding. A lion and gazelles also flee

A man and Woman of Hindustan (India). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Carved Misericord seat - Exeter Cathedral
13th Carved Misericord folding seat featuring an elephant, flanked by two heads at Exeter Cathedral

India - Rewa Elephant Coach - a very grandly-adorned wagon, pulled by a pair of highly-decorated elephants. Used to transport Maharajahs

Farewell ride on Jumbo
A Farewell ride on Jumbo. The famous and popular African elephant kept at the London Zoological Gardens at Regents Park, London, giving a group of children a ride on his back

German Offensive in Flanders WWI
German soldiers exploring captured British trenches and elephant-back dugouts in the Ypres Salient during World War I in Belgium

Elephant carvings, India
Temple ceiling with carvings of elephants, India

Young Elephant
Pastel drawing of a young elephant at a zoo by Raymond Sheppard

African mammals fleeing from the jungle. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

The Albert Memorial - Statue Detail (2 of 2)
The Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, London - Statue detail (2 of 2) depicting Asia, including a semi-naked Indian woman sitting astride an elephant and a seated Chinese merchant

China - Ming Tombs outside Beijing
Elephant statue located at the Ming Tombs outside Beijing in China, placed there to ward off evil spirits

Elephant shifting large pieces of timber
An elephant removing a large piece of timber from a large stack, India

Poster depicting Timber Stacking
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting an elephant stacking timber

Agra - Fatehpursikri - Hiran Minar
The Elephant Tower at Fatehpursikri, Agra, India. Alledged to have been built by the Emperor Jehangir (1569 - 1627) in memory of his favourite elephant

Elephant attacked by Tiger
Elephant attacked by a tiger during a tiger hunt

Poster advertising South African game reserves
Poster advertising South Africa and its game reserves, showing an old engraving of an elephant compared with the real thing

Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond on Thames
The Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond on Thames, Surrey, at the time when it was up for sale. Towards the end of the 19th century the hotel suffered a gradual decline in business

Colombo - Sri Lanka
Scenes from Colombo, Sri Lanka, including an elephant, the Harbour and the Galle Face Hotel

Scene with an elephant, Madhya Pradesh, India
Outdoor scene with an elephant in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Baby Elephant Aldin 1907
A baby elephant plays with a tiny pair of shoes, but of course they will never fit

The elephant
An Indian elephant in profile

The Elephant House, London Zoo, 1869
Engraving showing the newly built elephant house at the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo), Regents Park, 1869

African Elephant at London Zoo, 1865
Engraving showing an African elephant at the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo) in Regents Park, 1865. This animal had just been imported into England at the time this engraving was made

Young African Elephant at London Zoo, 1882
Engraving showing Jingo, the young African elephant, at the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo), with his keeper, 1882

Elephant Rides at London Zoo, 1871
Engraving showing crowds of visitors to the Zoological Societys Gardens (London Zoo), many of them having a ride on the elephants, 1871

Elephant and Castle, London, 18th Century
Engraving showing the cross-roads at Elephant and Castle, South London, in the early 18th century. This picture, after Richardsons drawing, shows cattle being herded, horses

Baby Elephant Pickpocket at Olympia, London, 1893
Sketch showing one of Barnum and Baileys elephants investigating the pocket of a female visitor to the circus, Olympia, London, 1893

Indian Elephants belonging to the Rajah of Puttiala, 1884
Engraving showing two male Indian elephants belonging to the Rajah of Puttiala, 1884. The elephant in the foreground was the cause of a Great Elephant Controversy that year

Circus Elephant pinching a hat, c. 1886
Engraving showing an elephant using its trunk to borrow a womans hat, during a circus visit to an English country town, c.1886

Prince of Wales opening the new electric railway
The Prince of Wales opening the new electrical railway. The arrival of the train into Stockwell.The underground electric railway runs for three miles from a point in King William Street

Dinky engine slung from cables in New Mexico
A 20 ton dinkey engine swung across a canyon, at Elephant Butte, Rio Grande River, New Mexico. A series of cableways were erected at Elephant Butte to transport many thousands of tonnes of materials

Events / India / Calicut
The European (Portuguese trading) settlement at Calicut

Marco Polo / Returning
Marco Polo and his brother return via Ormuz in a boat - they bring with them an elephant

Young Boy in Sunday Best
An angelic young boy stands before a finely carved chest in a satin suit with short trousers and sandals

Sacred White Elephant
The sacred white Burmese Elephant secured by P T Barnum in 1883, named Toung Taloung. Such an animal had been sought with a passion by Barnum for many years

Mrs. Mary French Sheldon, c. 1909
Photograph of Mrs. Mary (May) French Sheldon (1847-1936), the American explorer and writer, pictured with a carved elephant tusk, c.1909

2 Adventurers & Talisman
THE TWO ADVENTURERS AND THE TALISMAN: one knight takes up the profferred task of fording the river, lifting a stone elephant and carrying it to the mountain top

Fable / Rat and Elephant
THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT A rat claims he is as good as the elephant on whose back rides a wealthy sultan and his entourage; the sultans cat reminds him he is vulnerable

Women & Sailor Boy 1870S
Chatelaine, elephant brooch, sailor suit, handbag. Purple cape, jacket bodice, checker- board waistcoat front; pink polonaise, front opening skirt with black lace underskirt

Al-Mohurram Festival
The Al-Mohurram festival in India : the procession passes through the streets, headed by an elephant

London Zoo Llama Cart
A llama cart at London Zoo, Regents Park, London. A young Overseer stands in front of the cart and visitors queue to get on the elephant rides in the background

Ivory floor at London Docks
The entire floor of one warehouse at the London Docks devoted to ivory with elephant and other tusks laid out in rows

Java / Djakarta C1700
Djakarta (formerly Batavia): general view of land and sea, with someone riding on an elephant in the foreground

France Announces Annex
CARTOON: France announces annexation

Electric Railway Train
The Prince of Wales formally opened the new underground electric railway, three miles and a quarter in length, from King William Street in the City, passing under the Thames to the Borough

Eleazar and Elephants
When Antiochus attacks the Israelites, Eleazar is one of the few to display courage, attacking the kings elephant, which falls on top of him and crushes him

Roosevelt &railroad Bill
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th American President and the Railroad Bill: " Must the donkey do all the work?"

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