cover image: [The hog at bay]

20.500.12592/5shd14

[The hog at bay]

1 Jan 1807

1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored ; 16.3 x 24.4 cm (plate), 18.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet) | Print shows men on horseback, carrying spears, and two dogs, chasing a wild hog through tall grasses. One of the dogs has caught the hog by the hind legs or rump. One horse has fallen, its rider on the ground, and another horse is spooked by the hog and about to toss its rider overhead; coming up through the center background are men riding an elephant.
india british elephants men sports hunting horseback riding boars hunting dogs etchings aquatints hand-colored

Authors

Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, Williamson, Thomas., Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822, Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, publisher., Williamson, Thomas., Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822, artist.

Genre
Aquatints--Hand-colored--1800-1810 Etchings--Hand-colored--1800-1810
Published in
[London] : Published by Edwd. Orme, Bond Street, & by B. Crosby & Co. Stationers Court, 1807 Septr. 1st.
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Series
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Subject
Hunting--India--1800-1810. Boars--India--1800-1810. Hunting dogs--India--1800-1810. Elephants--India--1800-1810. Horseback riding--1800-1810. Men--British--Sports--India--1800-1810. India

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