1874 Wood Engraving Samuel Edmund Waller Art Hooded Seal Hunt Arctic Polar YTG7 XGDB4 Dimensions: Approximately 8 x 4

Dimensions: Approximately 8 x 4

This is an original 1876 black and white in-text wood engraving of the Pyramid of Cestius and Porta San Paolo on the Aurellian Wall

Keywords specific to this image: British

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1874 Wood Engraving Samuel Edmund Waller Art Hooded Seal Hunt Arctic Polar YTG7 XGDB4 Dimensions: Approximately 8 x 4"Seals and Sealskins Hunters Killing the Seals in the Arctic Regions" This is an original 1874 black and white in text wood engraving of an illustration by Samuel Edmund Waller (1850 1903) that depicts a pair of British hunters having a splendid time clubbing, skinning, and stabbing Hooded seal pups (Cystophora cristata) or "blue backs" with poleaxes on the Arctic ice during the Victorian era. CONDITION This 139+ year old Item is rated Very Fine +++.