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Cornelius Cracker 3 |
| Author: |
Ernest Henri Griset (1844-1907) |
| Year: |
1868 |
| Description: |
"An alliance offensive and defensive is entered into. Part of Comic sequence by Ernest Henri Griset (1844-1907) illustrating the release of a rhinoceros from a pitfall by the adventurous Cornelius Cracker, Esq. The story is in the captions. Cracker falls in the pit, followed by a lion and then a large rhinoceros. With the pit now full, the rhino first helps the dangerous lion to escape, followed by a lift upwards to Cracker. Finally Cracker digs the rhino to freedom: “Oh, does not a parting like this make amends?” (Published in a volume edited by Tom Hood (1835-1874), The 5 alls, 1868, pp. 38-39). |
| Location: |
Africa |
| Subject: |
Culture |
| Species: |
Black Rhino |
| File Size: |
82,1 kb |
| Dimensions: |
267x377 px |
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Cornelius Cracker 3
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