Ridinger, Johann Elias (Ulm 1698 – Augsburg 1767). Board Trap for a Fox on the Pit. Etching + engraving. (1750.) Inscribed: Joh. El. Ridinger inv. del. sc. et exc. Aug. Vind., otherwise in German as before. 25 x 35.7 cm.
Thienemann + Schwarz 86; Schwerdt III, 135, 18 (“A rare set, of importance to those who are interested in the various methods of trapping wild animals”); Ridinger Catalogue Darmstadt, 1999, V.18 with ills. – Sheet 18 of the “Ways to capture the Wild Animals”, regarded by Halle in Munich in 1928 as the “Rarest of all hunting sets by Ridinger” (LXVIII/323). – Instructive 6-line subtext in German. – Warm-toned impression.
“ … in front a living bird has been chained up so that it can flap up. To snatch it the fox has placed himself full length over the board and just it shall topple into the pit ”
(Thienemann).
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