“Great Indian rhinoceros cow and calf. The first photographs ever taken of this species in a wild state.” The Vernay-Faunthorpe Expedition was organized to collect a series of mammals for the new exhibition spaces of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Led by John Champion Faunthorpe (1871-1929) and Arthur Stannard Vernay (1877-1960), the group spent a week on the Gandak River on the western side of Chitwan, from 10-14 March 1923. The party also included the photographer George Miller Dyott (1877-1960), who was responsible for capturing the events on film (Dyott 1923). He took several photos of a female rhinoceros which had been named ‘Lizzie’ together with her half-grown calf.
From Vernay, A.S., 1923. An Indian big game film. Field, the country gentleman’s magazine 142 (3698), 1923 November 8: 667
