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Poachers

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  • Two men with guns about to shoot a duck on a pond without authorisation. Coloured etching.
  • A poacher is ducked in a pond by a landowner as a punishment for shooting ducks. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • A landowner has an encounter with a family of gipsies on his estate. Mezzotint by H. Quilley, 1836, after C. Hancock.
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    A poacher is ducked in a pond by a landowner as a punishment for shooting ducks. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

    Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836. | Date: 25 September 1834 | Reference: 43316i
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    Scotland: three poachers conceal themselves to get a shot at their prey. Engraving by J. H. Robinson after E. H. Landseer, 1831.

    Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873. | Date: [1838?] | Reference: 669557i
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    A landowner has an encounter with a family of gipsies on his estate. Mezzotint by H. Quilley, 1836, after C. Hancock.

    Hancock, Charles, 1802-1877. | Date: Aug.t 1, 1836 | Reference: 669529i
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    A hunter (poacher?) and his assistant: he holds a rifle and a dead rabbit lies before him. Colour aquatint, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 2476884i
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    Two men with guns about to shoot a duck on a pond without authorisation. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 35872i
    Part of: Sporting sketches
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