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An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)

Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 120

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yet discovered (Frontispiece, Plate I). Another paintingof the greatest interest situated in the diverticulum is that ofa Rhinoceros, both on account of the rarety of drawings ofthis animal in Palaeolithic art, and of its representing anextinct form so characteristic of the early cave period.It is… … Fig. 109.—Font de Gaume. Rhinoceros in broad red line. Diverticulum. 2^ feet long. Rhinoceros, also in broad red line, appears in the samepart of the cave. These are the only paintings ofthis animal yet discovered: engravings of it on bone,horn, or stone are very few, and are much inferior…

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