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Rhinoceroses

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  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the ox-pecker.
  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • A rhinoceros, possibly a Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Engraving by J McGahey.
  • An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the ox-pecker.
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    An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the muscles, with a rhinoceros in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1748.

    Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697-1770. | Date: 1748 | Reference: 666694i
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    An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the ox-pecker.

    | Date: [1955?]
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    An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a grazing rhinoceros in the background. Line engraving by J. Wandelaar, 1742.

    Wandelaar, Jan, 1690 or 1692-1759. | Date: 1742 | Reference: 565796i
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    Above, an Indian rhinoceros; below, a two-horned rhinoceros. Coloured etching by W. Warwick after Captain T. Brown.

    Brown, Thomas, 1785-1862. | Date: [1839] | Reference: 40866i
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    Eve presents Adam with the apple. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

    Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767. | Reference: 20727i
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