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Taylor, B. 1971. Stubbs. London, Phaidon Press. pp. 1-220, pls. 1-13.

Stubbs

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Location Captive Subject Captivity Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

72. Indian Rhinoceros. Painted for John Hunter, about 1772. The animal was exhibited at Pidcock's Menagerie, Exeter 'Change, Strand, in 1772. The picture was one of those, by various artists, which Hunter obtained for his scientific museum, ultimately located in his Leicester Square Museum.

Note
Location Captive Subject Captivity Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

George Stubbs. 71. Indian Rhinoceros sleeping. This drawing was probably one of the ?Nine studies of the Rhinoceros in different attitudes' included in the posthumous sale of 1807 (first day, lot 15) and as such one of the studies made in connection with pl.72. 72. Indian Rhinoceros. Painted for John Hunter, about 1772. The animal was exhibited at Pidcock's Menagerie, Exeter ?Change, Strand, in 1772. The picture was one of those, by various artists, which Hunter obtained for his scientific museum, ultimately located in his Leicester Square Museum.

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