Indian Rhinoceros (Meunier)

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An Indian rhinoceros is seen from the side near a pond in a savanna-like landscape — Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis).
(Mammifères, Pl. 9.D.)

Artist

Name:: Meunier, Jean-Baptiste
Dates:: 1786-1858
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Metal engraving
Engraver:: Fournier, Félicie
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: NCSU Libraries, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle, atlas, vol. 1
Author(s):: Orbigny, Charles Henry Dessalines d'
Publisher:: Paris: Renard, Martinet et Cie., 1849
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Description

Hand-colored steel engraving showing an Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) seen from the side near a pond in a savanna-like landscape.

The full caption reads in the original French:

1^ére série. Quadrupèdes sans os marsupiaux. (Is. G. St. Hil.)
6^ème ordre — Pachydermes. Rhinocéros des Indes (Rhinoceros indicus, Lin.). 1/30 de grand. natur.

Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, color, mammal, reference book, Rhinocerotidae

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