H. Merke Etchings after Samuel Howitt from "Oriental Field Sports"
Item Details
H. Merke after Samuel Howitt (British 1765 – 1822) from the designs of Captain Thomas Williamson (British, 1758 – 1817)
Shooters Coming by Surprise upon a Tiger, Chasing a Tiger across a River, circa 1807
Hand colored etchings with aquatint on paper
Artists’ name noted to the lower corners
Pulled from Oriental field sports; being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East; and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals; as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes, and serpents; the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes; taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson, who served upwards of twenty years in Bengal; the drawings by Samuel Howett, made uniform in size, and engraved by the first artists.
Published by Edward Orme, London
William Doyle Galleries label to the glass of one print
Condition
- toning and foxing marks to prints; accretions to prints and to underside of glass; accretions, marks, scratches, and wear to the frames.
Dimensions
- measures one frame; plate mark measures 19" W x 15" H.
Item #
18DCC659-2151
