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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 March 1826]
- Call Number:
- 826.03.06.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The death of Chunee, a large Asian elephant, kept at the Exeter Change menagerie; to the left; a group of soldiers and others, all carrying guns; some observing and others firing on Chunee to the right; who, roaring, breaks the bars of his wooden cage; blood pouring from many wounds and soaking the floor; the keeper, in shirtsleeves, stabbing the elephant with a bayonet; smoke obscuring the scene; behind; small iron-barred cages containg an agitated lion and tiger respectively; above hutches containing monkeys, one grasping the bars."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Destruction of the furious elephant at Exeter Exchange
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Entered at Stationers Hall"--Above title., Issued with a broadside consisting of four columns of letterpress text, entitled "Interesting pariculars relating to the elephant." See Douglas., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., "Price 1s. plain - 2s. coloured.", and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 6th, 1826, by J. Harrison, 56 Long Acre
- Subject (Topic):
- Elephants, Lions, Rifles, Tigers, and Zoos
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Destruction of the furious elephant at Exeter Change [graphic]
