Caption

Illustration shows the famous Asian elephant Chunee at a demonstration in the early 19th century. Every evening at nine o'clock, Chunee rang a hanging bell with his trunk to ring in the feeding time of the menagerie animals, illustration, reproduction from a 19th original authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, historical, colored

Date

Jun 08, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26I02_148

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

123.2Mb (41.1Mb) / 26.6in x 18.0in / 7986 x 5394 (300dpi)

Keywords

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