A pole cat and a weasel are hunted and killed in different ways with a squirrel watching on. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
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39374i
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The pole cat is bitten to death by two dogs having been let out of the trap while the weasel is strangled by the noose of the snare and the squirrel is watching the scene from the safety of a tree trunk

Publication/Creation

A[ugustae] V[indelicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 21.4 x 23.4 cm

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Lettering

Der Iltis, Eichhörnlein und Wiesel. J. El. Riedinger inv. del. sc. et exc. A.V. Lettering continues with thirteen lines in German describing the different animals Bears number top right : XXI Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 159

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39374i

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