Hunting: engraved titlepage to Ridinger's "Abbildung der jagtbaren Thiere". Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
- Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
- Date:
- 1740
- Reference:
- 39383i
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The huntsman and his hound on a long leash are walking into a clearing with a stag in the background. The etching is surrounded by an elaborately patterned frame of foliage, complete with engraved motto "Ducitur ducitque vicissim" (he is led and leads in turn)
Publication/Creation
A[ugustae] V[indelicorum] [Augsburg] : J.E. Ridinger, 1740.
Physical description
1 print : etching, printed in black and red ; image 43.7 x 28.5 cm
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Lettering
Abbildung der jagtbaren Thiere mit derselben angefügten Fährten und Spuhren. I.E. Ridinger inv. del. et fe. A.V....Verfertigt und herausgegeben von Johann Elias Ridinger Mahlern in Augspurg. Anno 1740. Ducitur ducitque vicissim
The reverse of the page contains the preface to the catalogue to which this print is the titlepage
Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 169
Reference
Wellcome Collection 39383i
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Location Status Access Closed stores