Van der Schley, Exécution par un elephant, 1750.Crushing by elephant and other executions on Sri Lanka Jakob van der Schley (1715 1779). 1. Excution par un elephant; 2. Autres supllices. [The Hague, 1750]. Graphite and ink drawing on slightly blue paper. Mounted on paper support with gilt border. 17,5 x 12,5 cm. (drawing); 24 x 18,5 cm. (mounting). Preparatory drawing by Jakob van der Schley for his famous print depicting execution methods that were supposedly used on Sri Lanka: crushing by a