An elephant fight.

Artist's name taken from earlier print with caption "An elephant fight in Lucnow," engraved by J. Stephenson, and published by Charles Tilt in London, Oct. 2, 1837, and printed by J. Yates.

Abstract
View of two elephants fighting, each with a rider on its back, surrounded by a crowd of people, including armed men on horseback.
Contributor
Daniell, William, 1769-1837 (Artist), Nolan, E. H. (Edward Henry) (Contributor), James S. Virtue (Firm) (Publisher)
Date
1878?
Department
Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
Dimensions
sheet 17 x 25 cm
Last Modified
2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
Language
English
Materials
1 print : engraving
Notes
Title from caption (Local Note)
Provenance
Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Series
Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Nolan, E. H. (Edward Henry). The illustrated history of the British Empire in India and the East, from the earliest times to the suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1859
Source
Plate from: The illustrated history of the British Empire in India and the East, from the earliest times to the suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1859. London : Virtue, [1878-1879], volume 1.
Technique
engraving (printing process)
Attribution
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IIIF Manifest
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