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Elephant of the Bastille, a triumphal fountain built by Emperor Napoleon in 1813 at the Place de la Bastille, Paris. Built of plaster and wood, and 40ft high with howdah on its back. Design for the Fountain of the Elephant at Paris. Woodblock engraving from The Penny Magazine, of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, printed by William Clowes, Lambeth, 1833.
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Caption:
Elephant of the Bastille, a triumphal fountain built by Emperor Napoleon in 1813 at the Place de la Bastille, Paris. Built of plaster and wood, and 40ft high with howdah on its back. Design for the Fountain of the Elephant at Paris. Woodblock engraving from The Penny Magazine, of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, printed by William Clowes, Lambeth, 1833.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
5730 x 5468 px | 89.6 MB
Print size:
48.5 x 46.3 cm | 19.1 x 18.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1813 • DESIGN FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF THE ELEPHANT AT PARIS • EDUCATIONAL • ELEPHANT OF THE BASTILLE • EMPEROR NAPOLEON • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • HOUDAH • HOWDAH • INDIAN ELEPHANT • MAGAZINE • PARIS • PENNY MAGAZINE, THE • PLACE DE LA BASTILLE • PLASTER • PRINT • SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE • TRIUMPHAL FOUNTAIN • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • WILLIAM CLOWES • WOOD • WOODBLOCK • WOODCUT • XYLOGRAPHY
