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 |
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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 |
Parts: |
India and back with HRH the Prince of Wales. HMS Serapis 1875-76 (Photograph Album)
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