Plate XLIII. “Rhinoceros. 1. Lesser Two-horned Rhinoceros. R. Africanus. 2. Indian do. [R.] Indicus” Signed lower left: “Drawn by Capt. Brown.”
The signature lower right (for engraver) A.Y. Alkman.
This page from the Edinburgh Journal of Natural History and Physical Sciences (1839) published by William MacGillivray. In the issue of November 1839 there is a footnote that there will be a Supplmentary Number for the index, with 2 additional plates, one showing the rhinoceros – replacing the earlier one of 1835. In most copies both plates, both numbered XLIII (43) are found.
Andrew Smith’s white rhino at top and Baron Cuvier’s Indian rhino below.
MacGillivray, W.; Smith, Andrew 1839. Plate of African rhinoceros, substitute offered in Supplementary Number [plate also numbered XLIII]. Edinburgh Journal of Natural History and of the Physical Sciences 1839 November: 33, pl. XLIII (revised).
