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Wild boar hunting

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Images about Wild boar hunting

15 images from works
  • An unarmed huntsman, threatened by a wild boar, takes refuge in a tree. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.
  • A pack of hounds attacking and running after wild boar. Etching by F. Joullain, 1734 after A. F. Desportes after F. Snyders.
  • A pack of dogs has tracked down a wild boar which in turn succeeded in burying its tusk in the abdomen of one of the dogs. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • A wild boar is attacked by seven dogs during a hunt. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Hunting: dogs baiting a boar in the foreground, while other wild boar scatter through wicker pens or dive into a muddy pond, driven by fear. Engraving by Philipps Galle after J. Stradanus.
  • A wild boar being hunted by a huntsman and two dogs. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • Two armour-clad hunting dogs resting next to a speared wild boar in a forest. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A tumultuous hunting scene in which a stag is hunted into the river and speared, and a wild boar is shot while trying to escape from the hounds. Etching by A. Tempesta.
  • A hunting dog standing in the dense growth of a forest. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Hunting: dogs sniff around as boar are tracked, shot and strung up on horseback, killed by lead bullets. Engraving by Philipps Galle after Jan van der Straet.
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    Two armour-clad hunting dogs resting next to a speared wild boar in a forest. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

    Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767. | Reference: 39484i
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    Hunters with hounds overcoming a wild boar. Etching by P. Soutman after Sir P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: [between 1615 and 1657] | Reference: 3055865i
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    The hunting of the Calydonian wild boar. Etching after Sir P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 3055864i
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    The hunting of the Calydonian wild boar. Engraving by F. Lamb, 1822, after Sir P.P. Rubens.

    Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640. | Date: August 1 1822 | Reference: 3063456i
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    A wild boar is attacked by seven dogs during a hunt. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

    Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767. | Reference: 39344i
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