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Lynx

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  • Federigo Cesi, and a lynx: obverse and reverse of a medal showing him as a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. Line engraving.
  • Above, a lynx; below, a beast with a feathery tail carrying its young on its back. Woodcut after C. Gessner.
  • Head of a lynx and two figures of the head of a beaver. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • A huntsman sitting on a tree is about to shoot a lynx that has pounced upon a wild boar. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Federigo Cesi, and a lynx: obverse and reverse of a medal showing him as a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. Line engraving.
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Catalogue

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    A lynx. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

    Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. | Date: [between 1790 and 1799?] | Reference: 750758i
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    A huntsman sitting on a tree is about to shoot a lynx that has pounced upon a wild boar. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

    Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767. | Date: 1745 | Reference: 39304i
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    Federigo Cesi, and a lynx: obverse and reverse of a medal showing him as a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. Line engraving.

    | Reference: 1694i
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    Head of a lynx and two figures of the head of a beaver. Drawing, c. 1789.

    | Date: 1789? | Reference: 29139i
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    Above, a lynx; below, a beast with a feathery tail carrying its young on its back. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

    Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565. | Date: 1551/1554 | Reference: 41008i
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