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Rookmaaker, L.C., 1997. Records of an animal collection in Poona at the end of the eighteenth century. Back When and Then 2 (1): 2, fig. 1
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Drawing by Gingaram Chintaram Tambat commisioned by Sir Charles Warre Malet, resident in Poona, India, 1786-1796. Watercolour and gouache on laid paper, 22x36 cm, showing male Rhinoceros unicornis. Inscription in Marathi by the artist and comment by Sir Malet in English: ?This drawing and wax figure of a rhinoceros belonging to Mudarao Narrian Peshwa was taken from the Life with great fidelity at Poona in November 1790 by Gangaram Chintaman Thambat, the Age of the Rhinoceros was supposed to be about 25 years, of the following dimensions, viz. From the outside of the tail to the foremost wrinkle of the neck 8' 7inch, from the said winkle to the top of the bose 2' 3inch, from the forefoot to the shoulder height 5' 11inch, from the hindfoot to the top of the rump 6'3inch, from the root of the horn nearest the nose to the point 1'. It was said by the Keepers that the horn would grow. Poona 28 oct 1790. C.W.M. This animal is retromingent but the genital parts when activated by concupiscence are projected in the accompaying drawing in which the urinal line is also described. The colour of the animal is excellently conveyed in the wax figure.'
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