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A brown bear climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

John Wesley. Line engraving by J. Tookey, 1791, after himself.

John Evelyn. Line engraving by J. Tookey after T. Worlidge.

George Graham. Line engraving by J. Tookey after T. Hudson.

A huntsman stalking prey with his two dogs holding his rifle under his right arm. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A wolverine (glutton) is sitting on a dead tree branch in the forest while a young stag is passing. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Two foxes killing and carrying away a goose and a chicken while a cockerel is watching on sitting on a fence post. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

George Cheyne. Line engraving by J. Tookey, 1787, after J. van Diest.

A giraffe standing in a rocky landscape is approached by a hunter with a rifle. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A rhinoceros standing before palmtrees and a banana plant. Line engraving by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A dray horse standing in front of the dray with the drayman sitting on the cart. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Two rabbits sitting next to the entrance of their burrow while a couple of rabbits are gamboling in the background. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Jean-Théophile Desaguliers. Line engraving by J. Tookey after H. Hysing.

A cabinet of quadrupeds / consisting of highly-finished engravings, by James Tookey; from drawings by Julius Ibbetson; with historical and scientific descriptions, by John Church.

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James Tookey

Images from the collections

Images by James Tookey

Works from the collections

Jean-Théophile Desaguliers. Line engraving by J. Tookey after H. Hysing.

A cabinet of quadrupeds / consisting of highly-finished engravings, by James Tookey; from drawings by Julius Ibbetson; with historical and scientific descriptions, by John Church.

John Evelyn. Line engraving by J. Tookey after T. Worlidge.

John Wesley. Line engraving by J. Tookey, 1791, after himself.

A brown bear climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

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