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Edwards 1752 London handwritten text

1759 edwards Bodleian Library Animals on Show 2 55b

Sketch by George Edwards (1694-1773) of a rhinoceros in London in 1752.

This example (showing the added penis) with handwritten (engraved) text: “Published Septem 14 1752 / Geo Edwards delin et sculp” – “The female rhinoceros, drawn from the life in London A. D. 1752” [the latter possibly added with reference to Edwards book]

John Johnson Collection: Animals on Show 2 (92), Bodleian Libraries, Oxford

Also in Grigson 2015, fig. 1.

 

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