Asian Elephant ~ Year 1849 ~ Framed

The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east. Originally published by the famous Charles d'Orbigny, in 'Dictionnaire Universel D’histoire Naturelle Atlas', one of the most celebrated works on Natural History from the 19th century.

Charles d'Orbigny (1802 – 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology, malacology, paleontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology. His contemporary, Charles Darwin, arrived in South America in 1832, and on hearing that he had been preceded, grumbled that D'Orbigny had probably collected "the cream of all the good things'. Darwin later called D'Orbigny's Voyage a "most important work". They went on to correspond, with D'Orbigny describing some of Darwin's specimens.

• Size 42.6 by 33.6 cm

• Quality Recycled Art Paper

• Mounted with Thick Art Cardboard

• Wooden Frame and Glass

• Description on the Back

Our framed art prints are printed on recycled uncoated speckled art paper and framed with eco-friendly wood.