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  • A wild boar is attacked by seven dogs during a hunt. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Above, a fox standing on a mountain craig staring into a tree-top in pursuit of prey, below, the fox's tracks. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Above, an emaciated wolf in a rocky landscape, below, its tracks. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Hunting: engraved titlepage to Ridinger's "Abbildung der jagtbaren Thiere". Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Hunting: engraved titlepage to Ridinger's "Abbildung der jagtbaren Thiere". Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Avions, the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau's favourite greyhound. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Above, a roebuck crossing a shallow stream in the forest, below, its track. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A compilation of hunting and trapping implements, arranged around a shell-shaped ornament into which a gin-trapped feline is clawing in its death-throes; including baits and decoys as well as birds of prey used for hunting. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • A hunting party in pursuit of a wild boar charging on to a clearing. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Above, a wild boar passing rushes on a lake, below, its tracks. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • A raging aurochs turning up ground with its horns in an enclosure. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A honey-trap for a bear in the forest. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Three mastiffs and a Polish huntsman are watching a dead bear tumbling down backwards off a rock. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • An ibex standing on the crag of a mountain. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • An otter lying in wait for prey on a rock in a river. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A soldier-horse with a shotgun attached to the saddle cloth standing in a field with a camp site in the background. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A hare standing on a rugged rock outside a forest getting wind of its environment. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Adam and Eve are driven from Eden by an angel. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • A roaring lion lying in wait for prey in a rocky landscape. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A stag, a buck and a hind before a huge rock in the forest. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • While the weasel is looking after its young the martens are playing on the rocky crevice in the forest. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Above, an ibex climbing on crags in the mountains, below, its tracks. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • A Turkish greyhound standing in front of an exotic landscape with palm trees. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A large mule carrying a heavy load. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A beaver sitting on a lattice work of branches on the river shores. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A bear trying to retrieve honey from a tree trunk is stung by bees. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A group of hunting dogs, including greyhounds and harriers. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Above, a bear in a rocky landscape, below, its footprints. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Two lynx in a cave. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.