A chamois is shot by a hunter in a mountainous range after being lured to the site by a strategically placed salt lick. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
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39357i
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Aug[ustae] Vind[elicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 26.8 x 40.4 cm

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Die Gems auf der Salzlecke zu Pürsche. La chasse aux daims par moyen du sel. I. El. Ridinger inv. pinx. sculps. et excud. Aug. Vind. avec privil de sa Maj. Imp. Lettering continues with seven lines in French and eight lines in German instructing in the art of laying such salt-traps

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Wellcome Collection 39357i

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