Searching, pursuing, and catching wild animals

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Four hunters on horseback with hounds, setting off for the hunt; a village in the background. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.

Page 121: Sita being lured by a disguised Ravana, while Rama and Laksmana hunt in the forest. Watercolour drawing.

A doctor out hunting: attacked by the hounds, having fallen from his horse. Coloured etching by J.H., 1842.

If you would rather see this... than this, then join us / League Against Cruel Sports Ltd.

Windsor Forest and Windsor Great Park: two mounted huntsmen with their hounds; in the background, a mansion surrounded by trees. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.

Maison rustique, or the covntrey farme / compiled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens and John Liebault ... and translated into English by Richard Svrflet ... Also a short collection of the hunting of the hart, wilde bore, hare, fox, gray, cony; of birds and faulconrie.

A rider on his horse baulking over a fox. Colour lithograph cut paper work.

A country scene with many activities depicted: these include, from left to right, picking cherries, bathing, hay-making, hunting, and eating and drinking. Engraving by M. Merian after S. Vrancx.

Hunting: snares for catching ground-feeding birds, and musical notation of bird-song. Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.

A huntress approaching a meditating Shiva. Chromolithograph, 1883.

Inuit snow goggles and wooden case

Hunting: nets for catching ground birds. Engraving, c.1762.

A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

Sport and travel in the northland of Canada / by David T. Hanbury.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Hunting: traps and snares for catching ground-feeding birds. Coloured engraving.

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Hunting

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Images referencing Hunting

Works from the collections

A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

Sport and travel in the northland of Canada / by David T. Hanbury.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Hunting: traps and snares for catching ground-feeding birds. Coloured engraving.

Hunting: snares for catching ground-feeding birds, and musical notation of bird-song. Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.

Hunting

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hunting

Works from the collections

A fish being carried off by a bird. Watercolour drawing.

Sport and travel in the northland of Canada / by David T. Hanbury.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Hunting: traps and snares for catching ground-feeding birds. Coloured engraving.

Hunting: snares for catching ground-feeding birds, and musical notation of bird-song. Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.

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