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Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677, Bohemian, An Elephant and a Camel, 1663
- Title:
An Elephant and a Camel
- Date:
- 1663
- Medium:
- Etching
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 3/8in. (14.9 x 21.3cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2002.16.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | camel (mammal) | elephant (animal) | monkeys (animals)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52067
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Camels, elephants, rhinoceroses, monkeys, and crocodiles brought to England as curiosities had long attracted attention as objects of both popular and scholarly interest. Camels had been known in England as early as the twelfth century, in the menagerie of Henry I at Woodstock, and the first elephant in England arrived in 1255. In 1623 a gift of an elephant and five camels was made to James I by the king of Spain, and in 1675 an elephant was sold at auction at Garraway’s coffee house in London and then exhibited to the public. Francis Barlow, described by a contemporary as “the famous painter of fowle Beastes & Birds,” collaborated with Hollar in the production of a number of sets of natural history plates that served as sources for artists and craftsmen. Barlow also designed plates for several editions of Aesop’s Fables; two of his designs can be seen on the coffee cup and saucer on display nearby. Gallery label for Pearls to pyramids: British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1820 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 [wall labels], Yale Center for British Art, 2008, p. 23, V 2576 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2008, p. 7, 15, V1880 [ORBIS]
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