Rhinoceros. Page 1. Plate I. Published according to Act of Parliament the 3d. of July 1739. by J. Duke. I. Carwitham sculp.
There are two versions of this plate, one with the head horizontal, the other (here) with the head slightly upwards. Found in a small pamphlet dated 1739, and therefore showing the Indian rhinoceros which was seen in London in that year.
From: Carwitham, J.; Carwitham, I.; Duke, J. 1739. A natural history of four-footed animals: Of the rhinoceros. London, [no publisher]. pp. 1-12, pl. 1.
