During her travels, Clara became a celebrity in her own right. She was often met by members of royitemprop="url" alty and she attracted hundreds of spectators as she toured country after country across Europe.

Notably, Clara’s horn was lost by 1750. Many rhinoceroses kept in captivity rub their horn until it wears down to nothing. It remains unclear whether that was what happened to Clara or if her horn was purposely removed to protect Clara from potential poachers.

Over the years, she travelled extensively. Then, in 1758, she arrived in London, where she was on exhibition at the Horse and Groom in Lambeth. On 14 April of the same year, Clara died.

Clara earned so much acclaim that artists all over Europe created their vision of her in various forms. These were sold as posters, paintings and silver medallions. Even van der Meer featured in some of these pieces of art.