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Elephant play and grinding enclosure
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Elephant play and grinding enclosure

Jan Brandes · 1786-12 · brush; paper; pencil; watercolor (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Coloured drawing spanning two pages of the opening of the trap in which the elephants were hunted. A Ceylonese is ready to close the trap door. With inscription. No. 4 and 5 in the series. Part of Jan Brandes's sketchbook, vol. 2 (1808), p. 120-121.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawingtrunked animals: elephantSri Lanka
Credit lineOlifantenspeel- en maalkraal. 1786-12. Jan Brandes. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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