The Method of Catching Wild Elephants by the Kraal in the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies

Print made by Robert Havell, 1769–1832, British, The Method of Catching Wild Elephants by the Kraal in the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies, 1817

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Creator:

Print made by Robert Havell, 1769–1832
and Robert Havell II, 1793–1878
after James Robert Thompson, active 1807–1843
after Captain Thomas Fraser, active ca. 1817
Published by Robert Cribb, 1755–1827

Title:

The Method of Catching Wild Elephants by the Kraal in the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies

Date:

1817

Materials & Techniques:

Etching and aquatint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 22 × 31 inches (55.9 × 78.7 cm), Plate: 19 3/8 × 28 3/4 inches (49.2 × 73 cm), Image: 16 1/4 × 25 5/8 inches (41.3 × 65.1 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "30790"; lower right: "(IR74.1599)"

Collector's mark: Robert Cribb (Lugt 2195)

Lettered below image, lower left: "Drawn by James Thompson from Original sketches by Captn. Thomas Fraser of the Madras Engineers."; lower right: "Engraved by R. Havell & Son"; lower center: "THE METHOD OF CATCHING WILD ELEPHANTS BY THE KRAAL IN THE ISLAND OF CEYLON IN THE EAST INDIES. | To Captn. Thomas Fraser of the Madras Engineers this Print is by permission respectfully dedicated by his obliged & obedient Servant | Robert Cribb. | London. Published Octr. 28. 1817, by R. Cribb & Son 288, Holborn."

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