Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe), 1870-1955, artist. Drawing, "Her trunk was directly over my head and her mighty ears flapping gently fanning me & I needed fanning for the sweat of fear was thickly down my neck"
Object Details
- General note
- Grisaille drawing on paper. Signed by the artist in the bottom left hand corner and inscribed on the back.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 2: Works of Art
- Extent
- 1 Item (Drawings (visual works); Works of art, 8.25 x 11 in.)
- Date
- 1870 - 1955
- Container
- Item Art025
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- Depicts the artist Dugmore lying on the ground in front of his camera, with an elephant towering above him, with two smaller elephants visible in the background. This illustration was reproduced in an article on elephant hunting and depicts an incident that was one of the author's favorite stories during his lectures.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890663-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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