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Four hunters on horseback with hounds, setting off for the hunt; a village in the background. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.

Windsor Forest and Windsor Great Park: two mounted huntsmen with their hounds; in the background, a mansion surrounded by trees. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.

A huntsman accompanied by his dog runs through the forest blowing his horn. Woodcut and letterpress.

Two huntsmen in a clearing are surrounded by gypsies who read their palms as a decoy for stealing their belongings. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after B. North.

A huntress approaching a meditating Shiva. Chromolithograph, 1883.

Tree-ferns in an Australian forest with two hunters in the distance. Engraving by E. Brandard, c. 1873, after N. Chevalier.

Sarawak: a Kenyah hunter with blowpipe and dead animal. Photograph.

Sarawak: a group of Kalabit men. Photograph.

Diana returning from the chase bearing dead birds meets Pan holding grapes and other fruit. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Hunting scene. Coloured ink drawing.

A gorilla which has just killed a hunter with his own weapon. Wood engraving after J Whitney.

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Tree-ferns in an Australian forest with two hunters in the distance. Engraving by E. Brandard, c. 1873, after N. Chevalier.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

A huntsman accompanied by his dog runs through the forest blowing his horn. Woodcut and letterpress.

Hunting scene. Coloured ink drawing.

A gorilla which has just killed a hunter with his own weapon. Wood engraving after J Whitney.