An Elephant with Howdah

c. 1485 Sheet: 10.8 x 14.6 cm (4 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.199

This print shows an elephant carrying a crenellated and fortified basket—the howdah—from which two very small human figures peer out. In 1483, an elephant was brought to Germany and taken from town to town to be exhibited as a curiosity. It is likely that Martin Schongauer and...

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Germany
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engraving
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Print
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Prints

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