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Begum arrives at the London Zoo |
| Author: |
Ernest Griset (1844-1907) |
| Year: |
1872 |
| Description: |
"Transferring the hairy rhinoceros from her traveling den to her cage". This wood engraving from The Graphic, a British Weekly depicts the young female sumatran rhino, a type of Rhinoceros Lasiotis as it arrives at the London Zoo in 1872. It lived there for another twenty seven years. Wood engraving (15 x 22.7 cm) by Ernest Henri Griset (1844-1907). The man wearing a tophat behind the animal’s head must be Abraham Dee Bartlett. (Graphic, 2 March 1872, p. 208). This accompanies Buckland, F., 1872. The hairy rhinoceros (from Land and Water). The Graphic 1872 March 2: 191, 208 |
| Location: |
Asia - South Asia - Bangladesh |
| Subject: |
Captivity |
| Species: |
Sumatran Rhino |
| File Size: |
53,4 kb |
| Dimensions: |
500x500 px |
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Begum arrives at the London Zoo
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