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Two Elephants

Description

Watercolor on paper drawing of "Two Elephants", 1811, from the Latrobe Sketchbooks, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. This is one of two consecutive drawings featuring elephants in Sketchbook VI. The drawing features two of these animals side by side. The other drawing was captured while Latrobe was near Clarksburg, Maryland.

Date

1811

Materials

Watercolor on paper

Object ID

1960.108.1.6.15

Accession Number

1960.108

Resource ID

4744

Notes

Sketchbook 6

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.