In the wider scope of the interplay between journals, this talk will present a case study on the circulation of images and the changes they undergo when circulating over time and from one geographical area to another. When James Parsons, FRS, gave “the natural history of the rhinoceros” in a 1743 issue of the Philosophical Transactions, he discussed a collection of figures of the rhinoceros inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s famous 1515 drawing and woodcut of the animal, and opposed it to the detailed description of an individual exhibited in London in 1739. When in 1759, the French translator, Pierre Demours, was confronted with Parson’s tables, he found the London rhinoceros not at all resembling the specimen he had seen in Paris in 1749. He added a representation of the Paris rhinoceros and argued about the differences between the London and Paris specimen. The lecture will focus on the origins of the various representations, their changes and the arguments given to explain these changes. Do they adapt to a different level or horizon of knowledge? Do they take into account the (visual) culture of a new audience? These are some of the questions asked.