A dog is sitting with its forelegs over a just bagged hare outside a forest while he is surrounded by dogs on the ground and on a rock. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
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view A dog is sitting with its forelegs over a just bagged hare outside a forest while he is surrounded by dogs on the ground and on a rock. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

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A dog is sitting with its forelegs over a just bagged hare outside a forest while he is surrounded by dogs on the ground and on a rock. Etching by J. E. Ridinger. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The dog is a so called "Schirmerhund" and is especially trained to save the prey from being devoured by the other dogs

Publication/Creation

Augs[burg] : J. E. Ridinger

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 42 x 33.2 cm

Lettering

Der Haasen werden viel zur Frühlings=Zeit gefangen...Der Frühling. Le printemps..J. E. Ridinger inv. peint. grave et excud. a augs. avec privil. de sa Maj. Imp. Lettering continues:...Bevorab man sie sich ins Saamenfeld vergangen: Doch wan[n] mit höchster Wuth, die Hunde an ihn hetzen, so hat der Schirmer Sorg, dass sie ihn nicht zerfetzen... The lettering repeats the German text in French Bears number (in penci) bottom left : T 105

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Wellcome Collection 39489i

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