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The ox-elephant, a new and very promising breed...
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This print was published in Le Charivari (June 19, 1856) as plate 5 from the series Exposition of Animals.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineExposition of Animals: The ox-elephant, a new and very promising breed..., 1856. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Destouches. Lithograph; sheet: 27.8 x 35.8 cm (10 15/16 x 14 1/8 in.); image: 21.7 x 26 cm (8 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake, 2009.505
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