Note
Location
Africa
Subject
History
Species
African Rhinos
There is no illustration of the clock with the rhinoceros.
Latin text of Nornibergae, 1612
[1612: 128]
X. Machina horaria, in qua Rhinoceros cum Aethiope ei insidente conspicitur, quatuor aliis veluti ministris ad latera astantibus, Regemq; portantibus, ac ad nolae sonitum capita inflectentibus, haec omnia moventur ubi rotae intenduntur.
English translation of Strawberry Hill, 1757
[1757: 33]
X. A piece of clock-work, an Aethiop riding upon a Rhinoceros, with four attendants, who all make their obeisance, when it strikes the hour; these are all put in motion by winding up the machine.
