Elephant with trappings

Elephant with trappings

Item Information

Title:
Elephant with trappings
Illustrator:
Detmold, Charles Maurice, 1883-1908
Illustrator:
Detmold, Edward Julius, 1883-1957
Author:
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Name on Item:
by Messrs. Maurice & Edward Detmold
Date:
1903
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Book illustrations
Photomechanical prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
John D. Merriam Collection
Subjects:
Elephants
Carriages & coaches
Extent:
1 print : photomechanical ; sheet 39 x 54 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ht24xg039
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Macmillan
Notes:
Title from item.
"When thou art old, Kala Nag, there will come some rich Rajah, and he will buy thee from the Government, on account of thy size and thy manners, and then thou wilt have nothing to do but to carry gold earrings in thy ears, and a gold howdah on thy back, and a red cloth covered with gold on thy sides, and walk at the head of the processions of the King." --The Jungle Book, p. 209
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (object):
Reproduction mounted on board with hinged mat, covered with guard sheet with letterpress.
Notes (publications):
From: Sixteen illustrations of subjects from Kipling's "Jungle book" / by Messrs. Maurice & Edward Detmold, 1903.
Accession #:
15_03_000014