Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A compilation of hunting and trapping implements, arranged around a shell-shaped ornament into which a gin-trapped feline is clawing in its death-throes; including baits and decoys as well as birds of prey used for hunting. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
A compilation of hunting and trapping implements, arranged around a shell-shaped ornament into which a gin-trapped feline is clawing in its death-throes; including baits and decoys as well as birds of prey used for hunting. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
Wellcome Collection

A compilation of hunting and trapping implements, arranged around a shell-shaped ornament into which a gin-trapped feline is clawing in its death-throes; including baits and decoys as well as birds of prey used for hunting. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Johann Elias Ridinger · 1750

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Nach der Natur entworffene Vorstellungen wie alles Hoch u: Niedere Wild, samt dem Feder Wildpraeth auf verschiedene Weise mit Vernunfft Lisst u: Gewalt lebendig oder tod gefangen wird! Alles nach dem Leben gezeichnet und heraus gegeben von Johann Elias Ridinger in Augspurg Anno 1750 d. 10. May

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