Details
Samuel Howitt and Thomas Williamson (1756-1822 and fl.
1790-1815)Decoy Elephants leaving the Male fastened to a Tree; A Rhinoceros hunted by Elephants; Hunting Jackalls; Exhibition of a battle between a Buffalo & a Tiger, from Oriental Field Sports: Plates X, XVII, XXIV, XXXI (Abbey Travel 427, nos. 10, 17, 20 and 41)
coloured aquatints, (pls. X and XXXI) and aquatints printed in colours (pls. XVII and XXIV), watermark J Whatman or E. & P. each dated 1804, published by E. Orme, London, 1805-7, with margins, Plate XVII with tears at the left edge, plate X with a repaired tear at the left edge, pale foxing and staining, otherwise generally in good condition
averaging P. 370 x 480mm. (4)
1790-1815)Decoy Elephants leaving the Male fastened to a Tree; A Rhinoceros hunted by Elephants; Hunting Jackalls; Exhibition of a battle between a Buffalo & a Tiger, from Oriental Field Sports: Plates X, XVII, XXIV, XXXI (Abbey Travel 427, nos. 10, 17, 20 and 41)
coloured aquatints, (pls. X and XXXI) and aquatints printed in colours (pls. XVII and XXIV), watermark J Whatman or E. & P. each dated 1804, published by E. Orme, London, 1805-7, with margins, Plate XVII with tears at the left edge, plate X with a repaired tear at the left edge, pale foxing and staining, otherwise generally in good condition
averaging P. 370 x 480mm. (4)
Literature
Pal and Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors, British Artists and India, 1757-1930, 1986, p. 116, pl. 110b repr.