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 ... the scenery gives a faithful representation of the picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants : the narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings ... / the whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson ... ; the drawings by Samuel Howett [sic] ...
Alternate Title(s):
Wild sports of the East
Published / Created:
London : Printed by William Bulmer and Co., for Edward Orme, 1807.
Physical Description:
[4], ii, [2], 150 p., 41 leaves of plates : ill. ; 47 x 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:1322783
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 427
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Subject Terms:
Big game hunting -- India. | Game and game-birds -- India. | Hunting -- India. | Natural history -- India. | Tiger hunting -- India. | Zoology -- India. | William Bulmer and Co. -- Printer. | Orme, Edward, 1775–1848, -- Publisher. | Meynell, Mrs. -- Autograph. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1805–1807.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1805-1807.
Contributors:
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822, ill. | Merke, Henri, engraver. | Hamble, J. R., engraver. | Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735–approximately 1810, engraver. | Orme, Edward, 1775–1848. | Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822. Tiger resting.