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Sixteen plates from Oriental Field Sports (Abbey Travel 427, pls.10,11,12,13,15,20,22,23,24,26,28,33,35,37,38,41)
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After Samuel Howitt and Captain Thomas Williamson
Sixteen plates from Oriental Field Sports (Abbey Travel 427, pls.10,11,12,13,15,20,22,23,24,26,28,33,35,37,38,41)
the plates comprising: 'Decoy elephants leaving the male fastened to a tree'; 'The dead hog'; 'The return from hog hunting'; 'The tiger at bay'; 'Shooting a tiger from a platform'; 'Hunting jackals'; 'Sices, or grooms, leading out horses'; 'The hog deer at bay'; 'Hunting a hog deer'; 'Driving a bear out of sugar canes'; 'Hunting a kuttauss, or civet cat'; 'Shooting at the edge of a jungle'; 'A tiger killed by a poisoned arrow'; 'Shooters coming by surprise upon a tiger'; 'Chase after a wolf'; and 'Exhibition of a battle between a buffalo and a tiger'
handcoloured stipple engravings, with aquatint, published by Edward Orme, London, 1805-07
S.17 5/8 x 22 1/8in. (44.8 x 56.2cm.)
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Sixteen plates from Oriental Field Sports (Abbey Travel 427, pls.10,11,12,13,15,20,22,23,24,26,28,33,35,37,38,41)
the plates comprising: 'Decoy elephants leaving the male fastened to a tree'; 'The dead hog'; 'The return from hog hunting'; 'The tiger at bay'; 'Shooting a tiger from a platform'; 'Hunting jackals'; 'Sices, or grooms, leading out horses'; 'The hog deer at bay'; 'Hunting a hog deer'; 'Driving a bear out of sugar canes'; 'Hunting a kuttauss, or civet cat'; 'Shooting at the edge of a jungle'; 'A tiger killed by a poisoned arrow'; 'Shooters coming by surprise upon a tiger'; 'Chase after a wolf'; and 'Exhibition of a battle between a buffalo and a tiger'
handcoloured stipple engravings, with aquatint, published by Edward Orme, London, 1805-07
S.17 5/8 x 22 1/8in. (44.8 x 56.2cm.)
(16)
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Please note that this lot is unframed.