Sujet

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: testing the rope, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Mode of capturing wild elephants in Ceylon: testing the rope, 1864. Engraving of a photograph '...of the great elephant-catching expedition to a place called Ebbewellepittia...so as to afford the utmost sport and entertainment to the European visitors'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A16_043

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

11,2Mo (1,0Mo) / 16,1cm x 17,5cm / 1897 x 2072 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal agriculture people male job man men arts country art guy occupation British Sri Lanka color elephant Indian elephant captive rope captivity tame location century Britain profession newspapers press print concept B&W taming engraved engraving captives Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Indian elephants nineteenth century The Print Collector Ceylon Ceylonese Illustrated London News kraal mahout Sri Lankan ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century