Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A crocodile hunt, showing a group of bare-chested hunters and their dogs in an exotic landscape, attacking a crocodile with spears and stakes. Engraving by P. P. Moles, 1773, after a painting by F. Boucher, 1739.
A crocodile hunt, showing a group of bare-chested hunters and their dogs in an exotic landscape, attacking a crocodile with spears and stakes. Engraving by P. P. Moles, 1773, after a painting by F. Boucher, 1739.
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A crocodile hunt, showing a group of bare-chested hunters and their dogs in an exotic landscape, attacking a crocodile with spears and stakes. Engraving by P. P. Moles, 1773, after a painting by F. Boucher, 1739.

François Boucher · 1773

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Lettering: Peint par F. Boucher, premier peintre du Roy en 1739 ; Gravé par P. P. Moles des Academies de St. Ferdinand et de St. Charles 1773.

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