Comparative skeletons of a human and an elephant, lithograph

A tan-toned lithograph shows a small human skeleton beside a much larger elephant skeleton, with long tusks, a curled trunk, and ribs and limb bones drawn in fine line. The human figure reaches toward the elephant's trunk while the animal stands on a plain, pale ground, and the printed plate header and caption appear along the top and bottom margins.

Artist

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Date

[1860]

Medium

Lithographs

Source

Wellcome Collection

Size

4000 × 2969 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection