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Shooting a rhinoceros |
| Author: |
Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) |
| Year: |
1820 |
| Description: |
Steel engraving by Samuel Howitt (1820). Native hunting the Indian rhino with rifle. <br>“Shooting a Rhinoceros. Published May 31st. 1820 by J. Wheble & J. Pittman, 18 Warwick Square. London.” Signed at lower left corner: Howitt. Illustrating the story by Thomas Williamson (unattributed) about a rhino on the south bank of the Ganges east of Patna. (Sporting Magazine, or Monthly Calendar, new series, vol. 6, 1820, p.88). |
| Location: |
Asia - South Asia |
| Subject: |
Distribution |
| Species: |
Indian Rhino |
| File Size: |
589,4 kb |
| Dimensions: |
668x1042 px |
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Shooting a rhinoceros
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