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Peacock Shooting; The Common Wolf Trap; Driving a Bear out of Sugar Canes, Death of the Bear from Oriental Field Sports, (Abbey Travel 427, nos. 6,16,26,32), by H. Merke
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After Samuel Howett and Captain Thomas Williamson
Peacock Shooting; The Common Wolf Trap; Driving a Bear out of Sugar Canes, Death of the Bear from Oriental Field Sports, (Abbey Travel 427, nos. 6,16,26,32), by H. Merke
aquatint and stipple engraving, 2 printed in colour and 2 handcoloured, published by Edward Orme, London, 1805 and 1806
one unframed
S. 23½ x 19in. (59.6 x 48.2cm.)
with block printed front wrapper entitled Wild Sports of the East, unframed (5)
Peacock Shooting; The Common Wolf Trap; Driving a Bear out of Sugar Canes, Death of the Bear from Oriental Field Sports, (Abbey Travel 427, nos. 6,16,26,32), by H. Merke
aquatint and stipple engraving, 2 printed in colour and 2 handcoloured, published by Edward Orme, London, 1805 and 1806
one unframed
S. 23½ x 19in. (59.6 x 48.2cm.)
with block printed front wrapper entitled Wild Sports of the East, unframed (5)
Provenance
Mrs Spaatz Bell
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