[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY] — G.S.H. | A Tiger Hunt. [N.P.: N.D., ca. 1910]
Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY] — G.S.H.
A Tiger Hunt. [N.P.: N.D., ca. 1910]
Oblong quarto (12 3/4 x 10 in.; 325 x 253 mm). 12 albumen prints (each approximately 9 x 7 3/4 in.; 230 x 195 mm) mounted on album leaves; some toning, fingersoiling to mounts. Later half green morocco over green cloth covered boards, cover and spine gilt lettered.
A stunning series of photographs of a tiger hunt in India, documenting the preparation for the hunt, setting up camp, staking out the bait of a water buffalo, stalking the tiger, bringing the game back to camp, and paying the game beaters.
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Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY] — G.S.H.
A Tiger Hunt. [N.P.: N.D., ca. 1910]
Oblong quarto (12 3/4 x 10 in.; 325 x 253 mm). 12 albumen prints (each approximately 9 x 7 3/4 in.; 230 x 195 mm) mounted on album leaves; some toning, fingersoiling to mounts. Later half green morocco over green cloth covered boards, cover and spine gilt lettered.
A stunning series of photographs of a tiger hunt in India, documenting the preparation for the hunt, setting up camp, staking out the bait of a water buffalo, stalking the tiger, bringing the game back to camp, and paying the game beaters.
Condition Report:
Condition as described in catalogue entry.