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A Squire trap, by Jove!

Henry  Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

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A Squire trap, by Jove!

Henry Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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Tally ho! Tally ho! a new hunter; first then, Tally ho! Tally ho!

Henry  Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

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Tally ho! Tally ho! a new hunter; first then, Tally ho! Tally ho!

Henry Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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What! Never upset in a gig?

Henry  Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

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What! Never upset in a gig?

Henry Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Mytton wild duck shooting.

Henry  Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

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Mytton wild duck shooting.

Henry Alken, from Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, esq., by Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), London, 1900.

(Source: archive.org)

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Miss Fargueil in Delilah.

Émile Marcelin, from the supplement to L’Illustration number 763, Paris, 1857.

(Many thanks to athousandwinds for the editing help)

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Miss Fargueil in Delilah.

Émile Marcelin, from the supplement to L’Illustration number 763, Paris, 1857.

(Many thanks to athousandwinds for the editing help)

(Source: oldbookillustrations.com)

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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Tom Raw gains the victory.


Charles D’Oyly, from Tom Raw, the Griffin, by “a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment”, London, 1828.

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Tom Raw gains the victory.


Charles D’Oyly, from Tom Raw, the Griffin, by “a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment”, London, 1828.

(Source: archive.org)

Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Tom raw mounts an elephant for the first time.


Charles D’Oyly, from Tom Raw, the Griffin, by “a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment”, London, 1828.

(Source: archive.org

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Tom raw mounts an elephant for the first time.


Charles D’Oyly, from Tom Raw, the Griffin, by “a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment”, London, 1828.

(Source: archive.org

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Brought face to face with the enemy.

Charles D’Oyly, from Tom Raw, the Griffin, by “a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment”, London, 1828.

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Brought face to face with the enemy.

Charles D’Oyly, from Tom Raw, the Griffin, by “a civilian and an officer on the Bengal establishment”, London, 1828.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, February 27, 2013