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Maker(s):Rops, Felicien
Culture:Belgian (1833-1898)
Title:Au Jardin Zoologique: At the Zoo [elephant]
Date Made:1856
Type:Print
Materials:Reproduction of lithograph on newsprint magazine leaf
Place Made:Europe
Measurements:mat: 18 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 47.625 cm x 31.75 cm; sheet: 14 in x 10 3/16 in; 35.56 cm x 25.87625 cm; image: 9 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in; 23.8125 cm x 18.0975 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Unsigned. Recto: lwr. l. (graphite): E 38; upr. ctr., above border (printed): AU JARDIN ZOOLOGIQUE; lwr. ctr., in oval border (printed): --Oh! queri drole de bete qui prend du foin avec sa / queue et qui le met dans son . . .seant!!!
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.434
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
This print shows a man to the right with a cane and wearing a top hat standing in front of an elephant to the left eating hay in a stall at a zoo.

Subjects:
Lithography

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