This drawing belongs to the series of âElephant Sketchesâ that DGR sent in letters to Fanny Cornforth, whom he nicknamed âFanâ. DGR nicknamed himself âRhinocerosâ. Rowland Elzea points out that this and the related sketch Economies Ãléphantines ârefer to the âElephant's Holeâ where Fanny kept the money Rossetti sent her which she was able to saveâ ( The Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Jr. and Related PreâRaphaelite Collections, 122 ). The other drawings in the series are Chines Elephant, Elephant Swimming, Elelphant Tree, and Elephant Burying Jar.
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This drawing belongs to the series of âElephant Sketchesâ that DGR sent in letters to Fanny Cornforth, whom he nicknamed âFanâ. DGR nicknamed himself âRhinocerosâ. Rowland Elzea points out that this and the related sketch Economies Ãléphantines ârefer to the âElephant's Holeâ where Fanny kept the money Rossetti sent her which she was able to saveâ ( The Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Jr. and Related PreâRaphaelite Collections, 122 ). The other drawings in the series are Chines Elephant, Elephant Swimming, Elelphant Tree, and Elephant Burying Jar.