Clara the Rhinoceros
Ham, Gijs van der A visual history of the 18th-century rhinoceros and her unusual life as cultural icon and captive creatureIn 1741 a ship arrived in the Netherlands carrying a miraculous animal that few people in Europe had seen before: a young female rhinoceros from India named Clara. For 17 years, Clara traveled with her owner Douwe Mout through almost every country in Europe. Wherever she appeared, she made a sensation, becoming the most famous rhino in Eur...