A man with a gun and a bag on his shoulder is holding a black and white rabbit up by its hind legs and showing it to another man in the street, who tells him he is shooting pet rabbits instead of wild ones. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

  • Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
Date:
Sept. 9 1834
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36049i
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A man with a gun and a bag on his shoulder is holding a black and white rabbit up by its hind legs and showing it to another man in the street, who tells him he is shooting pet rabbits instead of wild ones. Lithograph after R. Seymour. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

In the background a butcher walks away carrying four black and white rabbits presumably bought from the rabbit hunter

Publication/Creation

London (137 Fleet Street) : R. Carlile, Sept. 9 1834.

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 15.5 x 12 cm

Lettering

Ha, ha, ha, ha,! excuse me Sir but it's so wonderfull, you have blown the wild bunnies out of their brown skins into the black and white jackets of tame rabbits. Sketches by Seymour No. 12. Vol. 2.

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Wellcome Collection 36049i

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