Olifant pakt eten met de slurf, London Zoo, anonymous, Keystone Press Agency, 1969

Title(s)

Olifant pakt eten met de slurf, London Zoo
Reaching for it! (title on object)

Object type

• news photograph

Object number

RP-F-F04233

Inscriptions / marks

• stamp: ‘Keystone/ Press Agency LTD./ [...] Red Lion Court/ London E.C.4’
• stamp: ‘Copyright/ ANEFO/ Kerkstraat 310/ Amsterdam-C./ [...]’
• inscription: ‘April 17th 1969./ Reaching for it!/ Although feeding the animals at the London Zoo/ is discouraged, the elephants still make use of their/ long reach to pick up tit-bits from visitors, as seen here/ at the Zoo today./ H/Keystone/ WES/817711’

Artist

• anonymous
• Keystone Press Agency (mentioned on object)
• ANEFO (mentioned on object)

Place

London
London
Amsterdam

Dating

17-Apr-1969

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 152 mm × width 205 mm

What

• trunked animals: elephant
• zoological garden, zoo, seen as place where non-domestic animals are kept

Where

• London Zoo

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Keystone