A bear is fighting off an attack by a pack of hounds. Etching by W. S. Howitt.

  • Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.
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1 August 1797
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41526i
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A bear is fighting off an attack by a pack of hounds. Etching by W. S. Howitt. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The bear is biting ferociously into the neck of one of the hounds, while another hound is biting into the bear's genitals

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[London] (Warwick Court) : J. Wheble, 1 August 1797.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 10 x 15.3 cm

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Bear hunting. Howitt invt et f.

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Wellcome Collection 41526i

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