A fox is creeping up to an enclosure with a bait and a disguised steeltrap in shallow water in the moonlight. Etching by M.E. Ridinger after J.E. Ridinger.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
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view A fox is creeping up to an enclosure with a bait and a disguised steeltrap in shallow water in the moonlight. Etching by M.E. Ridinger after J.E. Ridinger.

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A fox is creeping up to an enclosure with a bait and a disguised steeltrap in shallow water in the moonlight. Etching by M.E. Ridinger after J.E. Ridinger. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This steeltrap is especially designed for older foxes that have dodged previous traps: the bait, entrails, are deposited on a post in shallow water, surrounded by a dilapidated fence, with the trap disguised with moss. In its attempt to reach the bait the fox will cross the rickety fence which is designed to give under the weight and deliver the fox into the trap

Publication/Creation

Aug[ustae] Vind[elicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 21.3 x 35.5 cm

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Einen alten verpröllten Fuchs mit dem Deller-Eisen zu fangen. Joh. El. Ridinger inv. del. et exc. Aug. Vind. Mart. El. Ridinger sc. Aug. Vind. Lettering continues in German instructing in the art of building and positioning a steeltrap Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 90

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Wellcome Collection 39351i

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