The Chronicle by Hainlin states arrival on 18 May 1748 and departure on 16 June 1748 (source 4151). The arrival is confirmed in a letter by Urlsperger (source 4152). There is one anonymous painting of this period (source 4153).
The period is mentioned on an engraved plate by Ridinger (source 4154). The date 12 June 1748 is found on one of Ridinger’s drawings (source 4154, part D). He stated that he had made six drawings of the rhinoceros. This and other art work connected with Ridinger in separate file (source 4154).
Literature
- Emmerig 1978, p. 21, note 20; Van der Ham 2022: 184, note 195 – 12 June, Ridinger made 6 drawings.
- Faust 2003, no. 718.7 – maybe printed in Augsburg. No locality
Source 4151. Hainlin, Augsburger Stadtchronik
Johann Caspar Hainlin (d. 1812), ‘Blatterhausverwalter’
Blatternhausbuch, geschrieben von dem Verwalter Johann Caspar Hainlin [Heinlin]
Manuscript in Stadtarchiv Augsburg – StadtAA/00058/VerschProv/Schätze/160
recherche-stadtarchiv.augsburg.de
18 May 1748
wurde ein Rhinocerus generis feminini, noch jung, mit 12 Pferde in einem Wagen hergebracht und bey dem Siegelhaus in einer Hütte pro 16 und 8 Kreuzer gezeight; es wäre 700 Meile weit hergekommen.
16 June 1748
Ging der Rhinoceros wieder von hier fort
Source 4152. Letter by Urlsperger – Arrival on 18 May 1748
Weigelt, Horst. 2015. Zwischen Religion und Politik: Samuel Urlspergers Korrespondenz mit dem dänischen Außenminister Johann Hartwig Ernst Graf von Bernstorff. In: Schwarz, Reinhard. 2015. Samuel Urlsperger (1685–1772): Augsburger Pietismus zwischen Außenwirkungen und Binnenwelt. Berlin, Akademie Verlag, pp. 177–190
* Samuel Urlsperger (1685–1772)
* Johann Hartwig Ernst Graf von Bernstorff (1712–1772)
Letters in Rigsarkivet Kopenhagen, Privatarkiv, 5129, J.H.E. Bernstorff, Wotersen, Nr. 51
Weigelt 2015, p.190
Letter from Urlsperger to Bernstorff, 19 May 1748:
Gestern ist ein Rhinoceros angekommen
Source 4153. Anonymous Painting, ca. 1745–1755
Oil on Canvas, German
See Sale Catalogue, Neumeister, Munich, 1 Dec 1976, lot 1337
Published in Clarke 1986, fig. 35
Painting of rhinoceros, German, ca. 1745–1755. This probably shows Clara, the Dutch rhinoceros. Painter unknown, formerly attributed to Johann Heinrich Roos (1631–1685), who is too early for this. It was sold at Neumeister, Munich, sale of 1 December 1976, lot 1337. – Information from T.H. Clarke, Rhino from Durer to Stubbs, p.57, fig. 35 (info on p.193–194)
Source 4154. Art work by Johann Elias Ridinger
Johann Elias Ridinger (1698–1767)
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