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A young man returning from rabbit hunting. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1799, after S. De Koster.

Two Jack Russell terriers chasing a rabbit into a burrow. Process print after Harrington Bird, 1904.

A man with a gun and a bag on his shoulder is holding a black and white rabbit up by its hind legs and showing it to another man in the street, who tells him he is shooting pet rabbits instead of wild ones. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

A cottager returns to his family with two rabbits he has shot. Coloured process print after George Morland.

A hunter (poacher?) and his assistant: he holds a rifle and a dead rabbit lies before him. Colour aquatint, 18--.

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A young man returning from rabbit hunting. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1799, after S. De Koster.

A man with a gun and a bag on his shoulder is holding a black and white rabbit up by its hind legs and showing it to another man in the street, who tells him he is shooting pet rabbits instead of wild ones. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

A cottager returns to his family with two rabbits he has shot. Coloured process print after George Morland.

Two Jack Russell terriers chasing a rabbit into a burrow. Process print after Harrington Bird, 1904.

A hunter (poacher?) and his assistant: he holds a rifle and a dead rabbit lies before him. Colour aquatint, 18--.