Clara the Traveling Rhino
In 1738, an orphaned Indian Rhinoceros named Clara was adopted by Jan Albert Sichterman. Clara grew up gentle and tame, and she was taken on a tour of Europe. Jean-Baptiste Oudry painted a life-sized portrait of her in 1749, which was exhibited in the Getty Museum in 2007. I was fortunate enough to have seen this exhibit, and I went home that day with a little stuffed rhino from the gift shop. A couple of years later, I started taking Clara (the little stuffed rhino, that is) on all my trips, snapping pictures of her in prime spots. Here's where she's been so far:
Kenya - 2008
Disney's Animal Kingdom - Orlando, FL - 2009
With Jefferson at Williamsburg, VA - 2009
With Pocahontas at Jamestown, VA - 2009
Gettysburg, PA - 2010
The White House - Washington D.C. - 2010
The Lincoln Memorial - Washington D.C. - 2010
The Natural History Museum - New York, NY - 2010
Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh, Scotland - 2011
Stirling Castle - Stirling, Scotland - 2011
Bamburgh Castle - Northumberland, England - 2011
Alnwick Castle - Northumberland, England - 2011
Blarney Castle - Cork, Ireland - 2011
With Oscar Wilde in Dublin, Ireland - 2011