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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.

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.

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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.