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Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British, Study of an Elephant, undated
- Title:
Study of an Elephant
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (17.5 × 22.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: similar to Heawood 217 (Britannia)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.342
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | elephant (animal) | study (visual work)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7260
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Christopher Plumb, The Georgian menagerie : exotic animals in eighteenth-century London, I.B. Tauris, London, 2015, op. 158, fig. 7, QL73.G72 L667 2015 [ORBIS]
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