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Deer hunting

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Images referencing Deer hunting

10 images from works
  • An indigenous man in Florida wearing animal skins and carrying a bow is running with an envelope in his hand as a deer runs alongside him. Engraving.
  • Two hunting dogs attack a stag, in a mountainous landscape. Etching by W.H. Simmons after a painting by R. Ansdell, 1840/1860?.
  • Malaya: a white hunter resting in the shade as native Malays wait nearby in long grass. Pen drawing by J. Taylor, c. 1879.
  • A deer-hunting party following their hounds to a river into which they have chased a stag. Chromolithograph after A. Grant.
  • The hounds are given their quarry after a stag hunt in a court yard with a mounted horseman blowing the horn. Engraving by J. Couché after P. Wouwerman.
  • A pack of dogs chasing and ferociously attacking two stags in a forest. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Malaya: a line of white men out hunting accompanied by native Malays. Transfer lithograph after J. Taylor, c. 1879.
  • A stag with his antlers caught in a bush is pounced on by hounds. Etching by W-S Howitt, ca 1798.
  • A young man proudly brings the first roebuck he has killed to show his family. Wood engraving after A. Eberle.
  • Singapore: a white man out hunting with a native guide. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Works from the collections

19 works

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    Geneviève de Brabant, abandoned with her child in the wilderness, is later rediscovered by her husband while he is hunting. Engraving by Augustin Legrand, 1795, after J.F. Schall.

    Jean-Frédéric Schall | Date: [1790] | Reference: 2913400i
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    Diana (Artemis) as a huntress with her nymphs and hounds hunting a stag. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1763, after A.D. Gabbiani.

    Anton Domenico Gabbiani | Date: 1763 | Reference: 2823151i
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    A huntsman on a moor holds back his horse and prepares to shot at two deer with a gun. Mezzotint by H. Beckwith, 1837, after C. Hancock.

    Charles Hancock | Date: February 20th 1837 | Reference: 36661i
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    An indigenous man in Florida wearing animal skins and carrying a bow is running with an envelope in his hand as a deer runs alongside him. Engraving.

    | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 35395i
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    A pack of dogs chasing and ferociously attacking two stags in a forest. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

    Johann Elias Ridinger | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 39486i
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Related topics

Hunters
Stags (Deer)
Dogs
Rifles
Malays (Asian people)

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