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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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My first ride on an elephant
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Wallach Division Picture Collection

Animals -- Elephant

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1858
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC ANI-Ele
Topics
Elephants
Caravans
howdahs
Genres
Illustrations
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "From 'The golden dagon.' by J. W. Palmer, M. D." "A few rods up the road, five elephants, substantial monsters, stood flapping their cape-like ears, and pendulating their short, ridiculous tails -- which, by-the-by, the greenest of us regarded as very superfluous appendages, as useless as unornamental, until, fording a stream in the course of our excursion, we perceived the very gentlemanly use to which the gutta percha philosopher in front of us put his." Includes additional text.
Source note: The cyclopedia of wit and humor, containing choice and characteristic selections from the writings of the most eminent humorists of America, Ireland, Scotland, and England. (New York : Appleton, 1857) Burton, William E. (William Evans) (1802-1860), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: Sheet 23 x 15 cm (9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17679172
Barcode: 33333159387857
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d025ac20-c534-012f-614b-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1858: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "My first ride on an elephant" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4286-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "My first ride on an elephant" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4286-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1858). My first ride on an elephant Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4286-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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My first ride on an elephant