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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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Captive - Asia |
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Captivity - Zoo Records |
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Indian Rhino |
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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, - Poona 28 oct 1790. C.W.M.'
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