A butcher disembowels a sheep while a wild boar threatens the rest of the flock. Etching by W. S. Howitt.

  • Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822.
Date:
1 January 1811
Reference:
42322i
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The butcher has pinned the carcass against the wall of the hut inside an enclosure, while the wild boar and the sheep are outside this enclosure

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London (Bond Street) : Edward Orme, 1 January 1811.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 12.7 x 18 cm

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Wild boar, sheep & butcher. Howitt

Reference

Wellcome Collection 42322i

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