This print of a collection of quadrupeds depicts a unicorn among animals resembling a goat, a stag, and a boar. The grouping supports the fact that, during this time, the mythical being was commonly considered as real as any other beast of the animal kingdom. Sharing similar characteristics with the two-horned beast in the image, this representation of the creature reflects historic descriptions of the land unicorn as a goat-like creature.
Francis Barlow, 1664
Engraving
Special Collections, Providence Public Library