Hunts Collection

Chesapeake Retriever, Curly Coated Retriever and Irish Water Spaniel. The Chesapeake retrieves ducks in marsh land for a hunter

The Visitors Who Told the Master Off by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman, showing a somewhat arrogant visitor to a hunt lecture the Master of Foxhounds much to the shock of other members. Date: 1936

The Master foxhound by Cecil Aldin
Fox hunting scene, with hounds. Date: 1898

A Meet of the New Forest Buck-Hounds at Fountain Court, Broo
Members of the New Forest Buck-hounds meet at Fountain Court, the hunters and dogs at the ready. Those present include Constance, Duchess of Westminster, Lady Mary Grosvenor, Harry, Fry

King George V shooting Tigers in India from a howdah - 1911. Date: 1911

Diana the Huntress - with Attendants and Borzois Date: circa 1900

Cold pale light through the trees with Tawny Owl
Pale light pierces a blue and green woodland scene of thin, bare tree trunks. A swooping Tawny Owl has been added to the border framing the scene. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Barn Owl hunting a rat. Pen & ink illustration by Raymond Sheppard

King George V shooting expedition 1911
His Imperial Majesty making his way through the jungle during the great big-game shoot in Nepal. Date: December 1911

Japanese Samurai warrior hunting a tiger Date: 1904

Pointer, in classic pointing pose Date: 20th century

Huntsman takes a stirrup cup
A lady offers a huntsman of the South Devon Foxhunt - mounted on a fine white horse - a traditional stirrup cup drink from a tray. Date: circa 1980

Cat Hunts a Mouse
A ginger cat traps a mouse with its paw

German Deer Hunt C16
A German nobleman hunts the deer - he is on a horse, his servants are on foot, with a bunch of ferocious-looking dogs

Eskimo Hunts a Narwhal
An Eskimo fisherman pursuing a narwhal

King William Rufus on his fateful hunting trip in 1100
King William Rufus (The Red King) (1087-1100) misses a big deer with his arrow whilst out hunting in the New Forest - he cried out to his friend Walter Tyrel who let fly an arrow

Prehistoric men hunting a mammoth in Britain
Early Prehistoric Britons prepare to hunt a Woolly Mammoth. Date: Prehistoric

Elephant Hunting, Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa
Local Tribesmen Elephant hunting, Upper Nile, Sudan, Africa Date: circa 1909

Ancient Egypt - Pharaoh Tutankhamun and his Queen hunting
Ancient Egypt - Pharaoh Tutankhamun and his Queen (Ankhesenamun - his half-sister) out hunting

Comic Postcard - Oxford - A Run with the Man-pursuing Hounds
A Run with the ανθρϖπο θηρϖμενοι Hounds has sketches of the proctors and bulldogs (Oxford University constables)

Springbok Hunting, South Africa
Various depictions of the process of Springbok hunting by Bushmen in South Africa. We see their camps, lookout spots, methods of using bow and arrow or dogs, stalking ostriches

The Prince of Wales Shooting Swans, Sweden
The Prince of Wales, Albert Edward, shooting wild swans at Ekolsund, Sweden. Part of a royal visit to Scandinavia, 1885. Date: 1885

Master of Fox Hounds
Major Sir George Meyrick (1885-1960), Master of Fox Hounds for the New Forest Hunt. Date: 1932

Photograph of the Hall, interior, designed by Salvin, at Thoresby Park, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. From a series of articles, Famous Hunts at home'

Photographs of the Rufford hounds, with huntsmen, in front of Thoresby Park, and Earl Manvers on horseback, Master of the Rufford Hunt. From a series of articles, Famous Hunts at home'

Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters and Crocodile
Arequipa region, Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters, indigenous villagers and (rather clearly deceased) Crocodile. Part of the reverse comment on this postcard reads

Roosevelt elephant hunting, 1910
Theodore Teddy Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States (1901-1909), goes hunting in Africa: this is his first bull elephant. Date: 1910

Egyptian Cave Painting

Westman Islands, Iceland - Puffin Catching. Date: circa 1903

A Four-man British Shooting Party - note the specialist jackets worn by the two gentleman at the front, both with padded shoulder protection to prevent injury from the rifle recoil. Date: 1930s

Quthing, Lesotho - Doll and Artwork of the San Bushmen
Southern Africa - Artwork of the San Bushmen - Quthing District in Lesotho (Basutoland). Hunters chase and throw spears toward an Eland and an Elephant

Quthing, Lesotho - Artwork of the San Bushmen
Southern Africa - Artwork of the San Bushmen - Quthing District in Lesotho (Basutoland). Four hunters chasing an Eland. Date: circa 1909

Rhinoceros Hunting, Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa
The sad result of early 20th century Rhinoceros Hunting at Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1909

Lion Shooting in Sudan, Africa
The sad result of Lion Hunting/Shooting in Sudan, Africa. Date: circa 1909

Australian Aborigines hunting Kangaroo with boomerangs
Australian Aboriginals hunting Kangaroo with boomerangs and young Aboriginal children swinging on ropes tied to a tree. Date: circa 1903

Villagers in Sierra Leone with a captured Boa Constrictor
Villagers in Sierra Leone carry a captured Boa Constrictor. Date: circa 1930s

Black Panther
A highly stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith of a Black Panther, a melanistic jaguar (Panthera onca), on the prowl through a moodily-lit jungle setting

MFH of the South Devon Foxhounds
Master of Fox Hounds of the South Devon Foxhounds. Date: circa 1960s

Hunstman of the South Devon Foxhounds at a quarry close to Newton Abbott, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Huntsman of the Lamerton Foxhounds, Tavistock, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

The Sportswomans Page, hunting season in Ireland
The Sportswomans Page in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 3rd November 1917. The hunting season in Ireland: the Waterford Foxhounds - (l to r) Mr James Russell, Mr Richard Russell

Tally Ho - Foxhunting kit and a trophy head! Date: 1911

The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton
Promotional postcard for The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 9th September 1909

King Emperor among the Nepal tigers and bears 1911
King George V, in Nepal on a great shooting expedition, loading up for the next himalayan bear, metal rod in front gave the King a shooting rest. Date: December 1911

A juvenile Common (Spiny-tailed) House Gecko hunts for insects, attracted by a night-light on a jetty (Hemidactylus frenatus (Schlegel))

Women acting as Master of Foxhounds, World War I
A meet of the Whaddon Chase Foxhounds at Wing, near Leighton Buzzard showing Mrs Selby Lowndes acting as Master in the absence of her husband, Major Selby Lowndes. Date: 1915

Three schoolboys on desert island vanquish a rhinoceros
Three schoolboys on desert island bravely vanquish a rhinoceros using their makeshift bows and arrows. Date: 1898

Three schoolboys on desert island shoot at sparrows using makeshift bows and arrows made out of laces, bones and saplings. Date: 1898

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