Abraham Sever elephants in Netherlands

Abraham Sever
A drawing of Abraham Sever with his elephant at the time it was paraded in Dundee for entertainment, 1705.
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Country	Netherlands

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History of updates	2021-07-09

Latest document update	2021-07-09 12:18:57

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Abraham Sever elephants, Netherlands .

Comments / picturesBertel Verhagen toured Europe in the 1860s with his female Indian elephant. When Bartel Verhagen died in 1703, his assistant Jan Janszoon rented her to Abraham Sever who brought her to Scotland and Edinburgh.

Legends tell about that Abraham Sever kept this elephant upstairs in his apartment in Edinburgh, causing a baker downstairs a lot of problems, but the story seems very unlikely. There is a letter from Sever to Edinburghs officials where he apply to show the elephant in Edinburgh.

Abraham Sever elephants in Netherlands Netherlands

Abraham Sever elephants in Netherlands Netherlands

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Abraham Sever, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3306. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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