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An unbridled horse rears as a dark-skinned man in exotic costume tries to subdue it, in an exotic landscape. Etching by M. Haas after A. Wolff, ca. 1850 (?).

A horse disturbs a dying bonfire with its hooves, ignoring its rider's whip and the angry shouts of two women whose laundry is being covered in ashes. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

A frightened horse leaps through a cascading stream to escape from two wolves (?), within a border depicting mermaids, fish and other aquatic creatures. Lithograph, ca. 1850.

A pair of dogs: two studies of their heads. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1825.

An unarmed huntsman, threatened by a wild boar, takes refuge in a tree. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

A huntsman pulls a dead rabbit from a river by its ear. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

A huntsman, intent on killing a stag with his knife, almost loses his grip on its antler, as he is startled by an excited dog. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

A cantering horse looks nervous, perhaps because its fashionably dressed rider has a lighted cigarette between his lips; two riders in the background are also smoking, one a cigar, the other a pipe. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

A white pony in a stable. Engraving by F. Bromley after A. Cooper, 1836.

A large dog lying on the ground, outdoors. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1824.

An elegantly dressed horseman gets caught in a narrow wooden park entrance. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

Epsom, Surrey: the Derby; crowds of racegoers viewing the horses' form in the paddock. Colour lithograph after I. Cullin, 1892.

Game and hunting, six separate images: two pheasants; a hare; two rabbits; four grouse (?); a snipe (?); two dogs guard a brace of dead game hanging from the branch of a tree. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1820/1848.

A horse bites the shin of its grimacing rider, in a stable-yard; the stable owner (?) and two other men look on in horror. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

Two huntsmen with rifles look towards the sky, one pointing upwards at their intended prey. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

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Epsom, Surrey: the Derby; crowds of racegoers viewing the horses' form in the paddock. Colour lithograph after I. Cullin, 1892.

Game and hunting, six separate images: two pheasants; a hare; two rabbits; four grouse (?); a snipe (?); two dogs guard a brace of dead game hanging from the branch of a tree. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1820/1848.

A horse bites the shin of its grimacing rider, in a stable-yard; the stable owner (?) and two other men look on in horror. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.

A white pony in a stable. Engraving by F. Bromley after A. Cooper, 1836.

Two huntsmen with rifles look towards the sky, one pointing upwards at their intended prey. Coloured lithograph by A. Strassgschwandtner after himself, ca. 1860.