Charles"Snaffles" Johnson Payne Furniture

Print With Lippezaner Horses And Riders In Vienna Titled "Levade" lower left. Pencil signed lower right, numbered 175/299 lower left. Finely framed in gilt wood. sight 17 x 22 3/4", ...

Mounted taxidermy hunting fox with rifle. The fox is beautifully finished with backpack, hunter's hat and ammunition belt. A real eyecatcher.

Mounted taxidermy hunting fox with rifle. The fox is beautifully finished with backpack, hunter's hat and ammunition belt. A real eyecatcher.

1817 set of 4 fox hunting prints, English. Painted by Dean Wolstenholme & printed in 1817 from engravings by Sutherland. Plates 1, 2, 3 & 4. Good original antique color by hand with ...

This print is from 'The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by A Series of Engravings. From Drawings made on the Spot. Dedicated by Permission to His Excellency the Minister of the Ottoman Porte to his Britannic Majesty.' London, Published by Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket, (1818). Folio. One of 29 fine handcoloured aquatint plates . Very light offsetting from plate. The original accompanying text of this print is as follows: 'The Mamelukes who till very lately formed the military force of Egypt, were said not to exceed twelve thousand men, and were slaves imported from Circassia and Mingrelia. They were carefully instructed in every exercise of strength and agility, and usually repayed the kindness of their masters, the Beys, with the warmest gratitude and most valiant services. The Mamelukes being trained from their infancy to military exercises, displayed in them uncommon skill. The javelin aimed with precision, was never known but to strike the mark. "The well-tempered blade of Damascus," says Sonnini, "is by them wielded with astonishing dexterity, and in their hands proves a most dreadful weapon." He often observed them try these weapons in the following manner :—A large cushion stuffed with feathers or materials equally soft and flexible, was placed about the height of a man, in such a manner, that the slightest touch would cause it to fall, which they would divide with a single stroke of the sabre, whilst passing it on horseback at full speed. Such astonishing expertness joined to most excellent horsemanship, would, were they acquainted with European tactics, render them invincible; but formidable, as they individually appeared, their prowess became of little effect when opposed to the collective weight of a charge in squadron. Their horses possessed, in an eminent degree, the qualities most useful to man, inexhaustible strength, prodigious speed and inconceivable temperance, to which may be added the most perfect symmetry of form. The dress constantly worn by the inferior Mamelukes, was a pair of large crimson drawers of thick Venetian cloth attached to slippers of red leather, and a greenish cap of a peculiar form, fancifully decorated with a turban. Their usual arms were a pair of pistols...

The Crocodilus biporcatus, also known as the "Crocodile à deux arêtes," refers to the species scientifically recognized as the Cuban Crocodile (Crocody...

A vibrant French still life painting by the artist Franck Innocent, recreated as a signed and numbered lithograph print circa 1970. In a mostly gold an...

French Boar’s Head Hunting Trophy This Large Wild Boar's Head Trophy came from the Perigore region of France There animals are prized not only for their meat but for the ferocity and...

Wonderful set of military gentlemen in full dress Chromolithographs Published C.1900 Unframed. Free shipping

Antique Roman Hunting Scenes – Hyenas and Wild Boar, Goeree after Desseine, 1704 This antique engraving, published in 1704 by François Halma after designs by Jan Goeree, depicts two...

Original antique print of a hedgehog, guinea pig (?) and two mice species. This engraved print originates from a very rare unknown Dutch work. The plates are similar to the plates in...

Set of five antique prints depicting various farm animals. These prints originate from 'Encyclopaedia Britannica'. Published 1875-1879.