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Deer hunting

Images

  • 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.
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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.

    Schall, Jean-Frédéric, 1752-1825. | 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.

    Gabbiani, Anton Domenico, 1652-1726. | 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.

    Hancock, Charles, 1802-1877. | 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.

    Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 39486i
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