The English sportsman sits in a chair with his feet supported on a stool, gun in hand. He wears a hat with an enormous brim. A negro servant stands behind him (right) holding up an umbrella and a branch to beat off flies. A negro boy approaches his ma...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1, 1807 by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
West Indies, British. and West Indies, British
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Race relations, Alcoholic beverages, Game bird hunting, Leisure, Enslaved persons, and Umbrellas
A group of sportsmen stand amongst the gravestones in a churchyard cemetary aiming their guns at a flock of birds. Their hunting dogs run toward the birds. In a grave behind a tombstone (left), a gravedigger cowers in fear, a skull and pick axe besid...
Alternative Title:
First of September
Description:
Caption title printed in letterpresss below etching.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 1st 1792 by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Cemeteries, Game bird hunting, Gravedigging, Hunting dogs, Poultry, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
A wintery scene: A hunter who in pursuit of the duck that he shot which has fallen on the frozen pond, has broken through the ice and scrambles toward the shore; his gun sinks into the water beside the abandoned duck. His two hunting dogs look at the...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published, by H. Fores, No. 16 Panton Street, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, Hunting accidents, Hunting dogs, Ice, and Lakes & ponds
Two 'cits' are shown out for a day's sport in the countryside. One is rather thin and fashionably dressed, while the other is an older, fat John Bull type. The younger man leaps a low fence, firing his rifle at a flight of birds, his clipped poodle le...
A man lies on his back in a ditch, his shoulders propped up against one wall of the ditch and his feet resting on the wall opposite; his hat sits on the ground beside his head. He takes aim with his shotgun at a small bird on the branch above him
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside, London
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Ditches, Rifles, Hats, and Birds
publish'd as the Act directs [after January 1, 1778?]
Call Number:
778.01.01.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two well-dressed young ladies meet before a farm house. On the left, Miss Wicket leans on her cricket-bat turning towards Miss Trigger who advances with her dogs, holding aloft a pheasant and two partidges, as she tramples a paper marked "Effeminacy"....
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Topic):
Women, Recreation, Sports for women, Gender identity, Cricket players, Hunting dogs, Game bird hunting, and Clothing & dress
Two men hunt in the field across from a thatched cottage (left) with large tree in it front yard, separated from the road by a rail fence. The hunter on the left has just fired his gun at two birds in flight above right. His companion stands ready wit...
Description:
Titled etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
In a dense forest, two men with hounds rest by a tree; one, standing, holds a rabbit; the other lounges beside the tree under which is their kill of game birds
Description:
Titled etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, London, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Game bird hunting, Hunters, British, Hunting, and Hunting dogs
