Blood Sports Collection

Colonel Mordaunt watching a cock fight at Lucknow, India, 1790. Artist: Johan Zoffany
Colonel Mordaunt watching a cock fight at Lucknow, India, 1790. In an open-sided tent, East India Company officers and administrators sit and stand under a canopy

Renard the Fox, c1800, (1922). Artist: Philip Reinagle
Renard the Fox, c1800, (1922). From British Sporting Artists: From Barlow to Herring, by Walter Shaw Sparrow [John Lane The Bodley Head, Limited, London, 1922]

In a Brazilian forest: waiting for a shot, 1864. Creator: Unknown
In a Brazilian forest: waiting for a shot, 1864. 'The place where the sketch was made us a favourite haunt of the deer which resort to the banks of one of the small mountain streams near

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: elk-shooting in the Forest of Högtorp…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: elk-shooting in the Forest of Hogtorp - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII in Scandinavia

Hunting scene, 1683. Creator: Hendrik Verschuring
Hunting scene, 1683

The Flemish Cock and the Turkish Cock, c.1650. Creator: Unknown
The Flemish Cock and the Turkish Cock, c.1650

Wild Fowl Shooting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Wild Fowl Shooting, 1858. The most numerous class of our wild-fowl visitors from the Arctic shores is the brent or black goose...The white geese are generally considered to consist of four different

Sporting Scenes in Canada - Wild Turkey Shooting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sporting Scenes in Canada - Wild Turkey Shooting, 1858. The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, Linn.) is fast disappearing from the woods of Canada...Their extinction will be hastened by the reckless

Antelope-Hunting in India - Preparing to Return, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Antelope-Hunting in India - Preparing to Return, 1858. Engraving from sketches by Captain W. R. Goodall, of the Military Train, who writes:..the antelope has been run into and killed

First Meet of the Season of the Cotswold Hounds, 1858. Creator: Unknown
First Meet of the Season of the Cotswold Hounds, 1858. Fox hunting in rural England. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. G. Goddard. These hounds, under the mastership of Clego Colmore, Esq

Antelope-Hunting in India - The Chase, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Antelope-Hunting in India - The Chase, 1858. Engraving from sketches by Captain W. R. Goodall, of the Military Train, who writes:..the antelope, a half-grown buck, is dead beat

Antelope-Hunting in India - Antelopes driven from Cover, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Antelope-Hunting in India - Antelopes driven from Cover, 1858. Engraving from sketches by Captain W. R. Goodall, of the Military Train, who writes:..some men

Antelope-Hunting in India - Antelopes Startled, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Antelope-Hunting in India - Antelopes Startled, 1858. Engraving from sketches by Captain W. R. Goodall, of the Military Train....the antelopes are represented as startled by another group rushing

Crossing a River in the Terai, 1876. Creator: C.R
Crossing a River in the Terai, 1876. The future King Edward VII hunting tigers in India....the elephant is very careful, feeling the ground with his trunk for the edge of the nullah

The Prince of Wales's Elephant charged by a Tiger, 1876. Creator: C.R
The Prince of Wales's Elephant charged by a Tiger, 1876. The future King Edward VII shoots tigers during a royal visit to India

Beating the Jungle for Tigers, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Beating the Jungle for Tigers, 1876. The future King Edward VII shoots tigers during a royal visit to India. The following telegram was published in London on Thursday: "Camp of Nepaul, Feb. 21

Grouse-shooting - from a drawing by Harrison Weir, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Grouse-shooting - from a drawing by Harrison Weir, 1860. Blood sports. Several bags averaged above 18 brace. That of the Prince Consort and Sir George Grey and suite, in the Moss of Monaltrie

Hind Forced Down in the Snow, after 1857. Creator: Unknown
Hind Forced Down in the Snow, after 1857. In the 1857 Salon Courbet showed his celebrated "Hind Forced Down in the Snow, " (92.5 x 147 cm)

The Prince of Wales in the Nepaul Terai: Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis...with a Tiger...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Nepaul Terai: Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis at close quarters with a Tiger, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....the tiger sprang out

The Prince of Wales Tiger-Shooting with Sir Jung Bahadoor: the Critical Moment...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales Tiger-Shooting with Sir Jung Bahadoor: the Critical Moment, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

Prince Hunting with Cheetah, 1764 or earlier. Creator: Unknown
Prince Hunting with Cheetah, 1764 or earlier

The Prince of Wales shooting otters at Beypore, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876. Creator: L.B
The Prince of Wales shooting otters at Beypore [in India], from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876. The Prince [the future King Edward VII], on his way from Bombay to Ceylon

A Hunter Shooting a Tiger Attacking his Elephant, c.late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
A Hunter Shooting a Tiger Attacking his Elephant, c.late 18th century

Maharana Ari Singh of Udaipur (r. 1761-73) and His Entourage at the Hunt, c1770. Creator: Unknown
Maharana Ari Singh of Udaipur (r. 1761-73) and His Entourage at the Hunt, c1770

Testimonial presented to Mr. Davis of Her Majesty's Staghounds, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Testimonial presented to Mr. Davis of Her Majesty's Staghounds, 1858. The testimonial was modelled by Mr. Cotterill. It is mounted on an ebony plinth, with the following inscription on one side

Coursing meeting at Hampton Park, 1860. Creator: Frederick John Skill
Coursing meeting at Hampton Park, 1860. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Elstob Marshall....the Hampton Meeting is the great rendezvous for Cockney coursers...This year the coursing at the Champion

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: crossing a Nullah in the Jungle...1876. Creator: W. J. P
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: crossing a Nullah in the Jungle, facsimile of a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Shooting a Bear...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Shooting a Bear, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Moose-hunting in Canada - the Attack, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Moose-hunting in Canada - the Attack, 1858. View of...an attack on snow-shoes, the victims being a pair of female moose. The moose is the largest of the deer tribe

The Bull leaping the barrier; Notes on Spain, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Bull leaping the barrier; Notes on Spain, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

The Banderillero in the chair; Notes on Spain, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Banderillero in the chair; Notes on Spain, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

'The Espada; Notes on Spain, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Espada; Notes on Spain, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Elephant Combat, c1725. Creator: Unknown
Elephant Combat, c1725

Bear hunting, c17th century. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Bear hunting, c17th century

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales shooting on the prairies of the far west, 1860. Creator: Harrison Weir
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales shooting on the prairies of the far west, 1860. The future King Edward VII hunting quails in Illinois

"Bringing Home the Deer" - painted by Bottomley, 1857. Creator: Unknown
"Bringing Home the Deer" - painted by Bottomley, 1857. This characteristic scene is engraved from a drawing made by Mr. Bottomley on a recent visit to the Highlands of Scotland

Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (reigned 1827-1866) - Hunting with Maharao Ram Singh of Bundi, c1880. Creator: Unknown
Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (reigned 1827-1866) Hunting with Maharao Ram Singh of Bundi (reigned 1828-1866) (image 1 of 9), c1880

Shooting Buffaloes with Colt's Revolving Pistol, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Shooting Buffaloes with Colt's Revolving Pistol, [USA], 1857. Medicine in illness is considered the summum bonum among the Indians

The county of Holland versus Free Republic, 1710-1720. Creator: Anon
The county of Holland versus Free Republic, 1710-1720. Two satyrs with flags. Left: County of Holland. Right: Free Republic

Kangaroo Hunt in Western Australia, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Kangaroo Hunt in Western Australia, 1857. This exhilarating sport commences before sunrise, and the sense of freedom and enjoyment which one experiences, mounted on a good horse

Landscape with group of hunters on the Leusderhei, 1864-1936. Creator: Johannes Cornelis van Essen
Landscape with group of hunters on the Leusderhei, 1864-1936

Cockfight in the Sassenstraat in Zwolle, 1655. Creator: Gesina ter Borch
Cockfight in the Sassenstraat in Zwolle, 1655

H.R.H. Prince Albert's Harriers, 1856. Creator: Harrison Weir
H.R.H. Prince Albert's Harriers, 1856. Hare-coursing in Berkshire. Prince Albert's harriers are in the strictest sense of the term a private pack

Royal Staghounds: Prosperous, Woodman, Rigolette, Chanticleer, 1856. Creator: Harrison Weir
Royal Staghounds: Prosperous, Woodman, Rigolette, Chanticleer, 1856. The Royal Staghounds, as we have before mentioned, are well-bred fox hounds...Although we cannot admit that stag-hunting is

Bear Hunt, 1649. Creator: Paulus Potter
Bear Hunt, 1649

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

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