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Fairies Hunt BatsBats are hunted by fairies for their wings
Mesoplodon bidens, Sowerbys beaked whalePlate 12 The Diodon of Sowerby. Hand-coloured engraving of a drawing by James Hope Stewart (1789-1856), from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol
Reindeer 1597A German depiction with notes on hunting - in Germany, the reindeer is a creature to be hunted, rather than bred for its attributes as in Lapland
Young Eskimo (Inuit) girl with a captured Arctic Hare Date: circa 1930s
Man with horse and dead pig, c. 1800A man leading a horse with the carcass of a wild pig over the saddle, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters and CrocodileArequipa region, Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters, indigenous villagers and (rather clearly deceased) Crocodile. Part of the reverse comment on this postcard reads
Sudanese Dinka VillageSudanese Dinka tribesmen of the Upper Nile and their elaborate layered reed houses. A holy man stands to the right next to a dead tree adorned with the horns of hunted beasts. Date: 1930s
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CONJURING BACK BUFFALOA Native American seeks to conjure back the buffalo. Alas, it's too late - they've been hunted to death, and there's nothing that magic can do about it. Date: 1892
FalconerA painting of a medaeval falconer. A falconer is a hunter of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey
BRITOMARTISThe Cretan nymph Britomartis is very fond of hunting, but when she is hunted by King Minos, who seeks to trap her with nets and hounds, she throws herself into the sea
Two young Eskimo (Inuit) children with a captured goose - Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1930s
Large hunted deer - Germany. Date: circa 1910s
Villagers in Sierra Leone with a captured Boa ConstrictorVillagers in Sierra Leone carry a captured Boa Constrictor. Date: circa 1930s
Pocket battleship Deutschland by G. H. DavisA hunted German raider believed to be active in the Atlantic: the pocket battleship Deutschland. A photograph (above), and a cross-section drawing (below). Date: 1939
Irish Elk - Megalocerosor Irish Elk A Diluvian ancestor of the Irish deer, noted for the enormous size of its antlers
A wolf hunt - RussiaA wolf hunt in Russia. Mainly hunted for sport, for their skins or to protect livestock Date: 1913
Cheetah HuntA cheetah is carried to to the place where game are to be hunted. The huntsmen follow and call back the animal when it has caught the prey Date: 1930s
Les Pirates de la SavanePromotional postcard for Les Pirates de la Savane by Anicet Bourgeois and M Ferdinand Dugue, circa 1860 with Andre Dumaine. Date: circa 1860
Walter Rothschilds Necropsittacus borbonicusPlate 8, a watercolour painting on paper by Henrik Gronvold from Walter Rothschilds Extinct Birds (1907). Art original 56 x 78 cm. Date: 1907
Stellers sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, marine mammal hunted to extinction in the 18th century.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F
Three schoolboys on desert island vanquish a rhinocerosThree schoolboys on desert island bravely vanquish a rhinoceros using their makeshift bows and arrows. Date: 1898
South Africa - Rhino Hunt - Ladislas Radzivill (part of the Radzivill family - noted European Aristocrats) with his impressive bag. Date: circa 1910
Equus zebra, mountain zebraMountain Zebra Mare. First wounded by John Lainga killed by myself. September 1862. Sketch from Rothschild bequest 3. Part of a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines
Ceratotherium simum, white rhinocerosWhite rhinoceros. Sketch 121 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)
Porphyrio albus, Lord Howe swamphenDrawing No. 73, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Diceros bicornis, black rhinocerosBlack Rhinoceros (Blue Variety). Young cow, shot by Mr Hartley and Molony. September 1870. Sketch 112 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines
Dinornis giganteus, giant moaSpecimen of the extinct bird the giant moa (Dinornis giganteus), the largest bird that ever lived
Mustela erminea, erminePlate 33 from the Collection of Watercolour Drawings of British Vertebrates, 1830-1841, by William MacGillivray (1796-1851)
The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horseGOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The way in which the ancient Spaniards hunted bulls on horse-back in the open country
Fur / SableThis is the Japanese Sable : also known as zibeline, (mustela zibelina) it is found and hunted in Canada and Russia
Hunting Tiger in AfricaThis picture purports to show how tigers are hunted by the natives of West Africa, but since there are no tigers in Africa, some other cat must be intended, such as a leopard
Hunting TurtlesHunting turtles in Africa : they are hunted not only for food but also for their shells which can be used to make both useful and ornamental items
Gorilla HuntedA gorilla defies his/her assailants : thanks to such episodes, by the 21st century, the gorilla will be an endangered species. Date: circa 1860
Hunstmens BreakfastThe Hunting Breakfast. Five chums eat and drink prior to riding out with the morning hunt. The walls of the room are decorated with scenes from the hunt & heads of the hunted
Hunting Walrus 1555Walrus hunted by Norwegians
Sable & Marten 1555Sable and marten being hunted for their fur
Elizabeth I Deer HuntQueen Elizabeth I at a deer hunt. As a keen devotee of the sport, she hunted regularly until she was sixty-seven years old
Yoda Emon and the WhaleYoda Emon, a fisherman, is saved from the sea by a whale, in thanks for which he obtains an order from the Emperor that no whales shall be hunted during Yodas lifetime
Bear / The Hunter HuntedIn a snowy wood, the bear successfully hunts down the hunter
SABLE(martes sibellina) Over-hunted so that rich women can wear its fur instead of it
Otter (Bewick)mustela lutra : le loutre, according to Buffon. Loved by some, hunted by others, the otter lives a marginal existence in and out of water
Akouchi (Bewick)The Akouchi seems to be a variety of the agouti, Bewick says. It lives in South America - that is, until it is hunted, caught and eaten
Ocelot (Bewick)Felis pardalis. A wild cat from central America, it is of course hunted for its coat and is an endangered species
Lake Albert, AustraliaAn ostrich is being hunted in the foreground
Hunting / Jaguar C1600How the natives of Peru hunted the jaguar