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    Museum collections / The Cleveland Museum of Art
    Study of an Elephant
    John Macallan Swan. Study of an Elephant, c. 1867–1910. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00011991

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    Study of an Elephant

    by John Macallan Swan

    Inscriptions

    In charcoal, recto, lower left: "J.M. Swan (signed)"

    Provenance

    O. C. H.Gutekunst Esq. ?–1929: (P & D Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH July 31, 1929–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

    Exhibition history

    Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 30-October 30, 1938). Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    John Macallan Swan (British, 1847–1910)
    Date
    c. 1867–1910
    Medium
    charcoal
    Dimensions
    Sheet: 22.8 x 26.7 cm (9 x 10 1/2 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    Drawing
    Department
    Drawings
    Credit line
    Dudley P. Allen Fund
    Accession no.
    1929.554

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    Open-access museum data

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