A huntsman sitting on a tree is about to shoot a lynx that has pounced upon a wild boar. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

[Augsburg], 1745.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 36 x 23.4 cm

Anno 1718 ist diser grosse Luchs da er ein Hauptschwein angefallen ... J.El. Ridinger fec. 1745 Three lines in German describe how in 1718 the huntsman came upon this rare scene while he was lying in wait for deer in the Tübingen forest Bears number top right : 41 Impression catalogued (Wellcome Library) bears number in pencil bottom left : T 283

Wellcome Collection 39304i