31138 Artwork | SAHRIS

General

Object Auto ID

70862

Alternate Codes

231160

Common Name

Aquatint

Classified Name

ART

Local Name

Foreign Field Sports

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
19 aquatints, 1 col. line and stipple engraving; hand-tinted. Plates of South African subjects: Lions waiting for their prey. - Caffres [sic] hunting a lion. - Lion and Hottentot [sic]. - Hunting a panther. - Hunting a zebra. - Shooting an African buffalo. - Hunted elephant. - The elephant killed. - African rhinoceros hunting. - Hunting the camelopard [i.e. giraffe]. - Shooting the hyena. - Shooting a leopard. - Shooting a porcupine. - Plates of African subjects are: Arabs hunting ostriches. - Arabs hawking antelopes. - Hunting antelopes with a panther (N. and W. Africa). - Egyptians crocodile catching. - Battle between the great boa and a tiger. - African crocodile hunter. - Elephant in a pitfall (N. Africa)

Provenance

Unknown

Description

Technique Types

Aquatint

Distinguishing Features

Hunting Animals

Inscriptions

CHECK

Measurement Type	Unit	Value

Dimension Comments

Bound; Sizes of images vary 160 x 210 - 170 x 220 mm

History

Object Age Comment

c. 1813 (1820)

Maker Comment

HOWITT, Samuel, c.1765-1822, and others

Production Place

London

Collector Comment

Aquatint

Date Retrieved	Reference Types	Citation

Site Association

x	y	z

Assessments

Movements

Declaration