Ahmed, a very wise old elephant
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"Ahmed, A very wise old elephant"
Signed, limited edition
Edition of 65
Published in 1996
To commemorate David's 65th birthday
Image size 20" x 12" (51 x 30 cm.)
Overall size with frame 32.5" x 25" (82 x 63 cm.)
It is one of the rarest and most sought after images
Elephants are highly intelligent animals with complex emotions, feelings, compassion and self-awareness (elephants are one of very few species to recognize themselves in a mirror!).
The gestation period of an elephant is 22 months.
That's almost 2 years, the longest pregnancy of any mammal!
But decades of poaching and conflict have since decimated African elephant populations.
In 2016, experts estimated that Africa's elephant population had dropped by 111,000 elephants in the span of a decade.
Today, there are just 415,000 elephants across Africa.
World acclaimed artist L.S.Lowry.View here
Throughout his life Sir William Russell Flint has spent many years painting beautiful watercolour images of scenes in France,
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