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(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
- Open Library:
- View record
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:
1ére série. Quadrupèdes sans os marsupiaux. (Is. G. St. Hil.)
6ème ordre — Pachydermes. Rhinocéros des Indes (Rhinoceros indicus, Lin.). 1/30 de grand. natur.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, color, mammal, reference book, Rhinocerotidae


