An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout

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An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout

An elephant posing for a photograph with his Mahout ouside an open wooden structure surrounded by trees in Kandy. The photograph was taken when the Prince was on a visit to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) as part of his topur of India. He arrived in Colombo on Wednesday 1 December and proceeded to Kandy for a Grand Reception of procession of elephants on the Thursday.

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Object Details

ID:	ALB0022.98
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	Thursday 2 December 1875
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 145 mm x 220 mm
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