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LL/54158
Unidentified photographer
1850
Fritz, The Indian elephant in the hunting villa of Stupinigi, Turin

Daguerreotype
Archivio Storico della Cittŕ di Torino
This image is included in: www.daguerreobase.org
 
Message posted by Michael Gregorio (Facebook , "The Daguerreian Society", 19 October 2015)
 
Fritz the Elephant was a gift from the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Alì, to the King of Sardinia, Carlo Felice, in 1827. When Fritz died the corpse was stuffed and is preserved in the Museum of Natural Science in Turin, Italy.
 
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