Sri Lanka, Boursse, Esaias, An elephant and a mahout, In the middle of the sheet is drawn an elephant without tusks (aliya), seen from the side. On the left is the head with hanging trunk and ears held flat back. It is a Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus). On top of the shoulders sits - without a saddle - with legs apart an elephant leader (mahout or nayaka) with a henduwa in his right hand, a stick with a metal hook that is not visible here. The man is dressed only in a loincloth and has a cap on his head. To the right of the drawing (later, after 1671) a text has been added in pencil: elephant. Sheet 43 from a sketchbook with 117 sheets., sketchbook sheet, drawings, height 148 mm, width 196 mm, 1631 - 1672, draughtsman, draftsman, 1662 - 1662, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, ink, inkt, brush, Borstel