"A rampaging rhinoceros," c.1740

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"A RAMPAGING RHINOCEROS. PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, CIRCA 1740. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, two men, one holding a spear and the other on horseback armed with a bow attempt to control a rampaging rhinoceros chasing a young man along a riverbank, between thick margins with pink and red floral sprays on yellow ground, mounted, framed and glazed. 8¼ x 5¾in. (20.9 x 14.5cm.)"




"Rhinoceros in Rundheer Singh's camp," Illustrated London News, 1852

Source: ebay, Oct. 2009

"A rhinoceros fight at Baroda before the Prince of Wales," 1875

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"Great Indian rhinoceros in zoological gardens," a wood engraving from 'Royal Natural History', by Richard Lydekker, 1894

Source: ebay, Dec. 2009

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