Decoy elephants catching a Male; Decoy elephants leaving the Male fastened to a tree; A rhinocerous hunted by elephants; Shooting a Tiger from a platform (Abbey 427 nos. 9, 10, 17 & 15)
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Captain Thomas Williamson (1790-1815) and Samuel Howitt (1756-1822)
Decoy elephants catching a Male; Decoy elephants leaving the Male fastened to a tree; A rhinocerous hunted by elephants; Shooting a Tiger from a platform (Abbey 427 nos. 9, 10, 17 & 15)
tinted and hand-coloured aquatints by H. Merke after Howitt and Williamson, November 1805, September 1805, January 1806, September 1805, from Oriental Field Sports, plates IX, X, XI, and XIII, some light discolouration, unexamined out of the frames
all approximately P. 340 x 448mm (4)
Decoy elephants catching a Male; Decoy elephants leaving the Male fastened to a tree; A rhinocerous hunted by elephants; Shooting a Tiger from a platform (Abbey 427 nos. 9, 10, 17 & 15)
tinted and hand-coloured aquatints by H. Merke after Howitt and Williamson, November 1805, September 1805, January 1806, September 1805, from Oriental Field Sports, plates IX, X, XI, and XIII, some light discolouration, unexamined out of the frames
all approximately P. 340 x 448mm (4)