Catcher Collection (#2)

A travelling rat catcher with the tools of his trade and with customers (engraving)
812825 A travelling rat catcher with the tools of his trade and with customers (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A new method for hunting ducks, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium
746998 A new method for hunting ducks, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Baseball Game in 1891 New York, 1891 (colour litho)
2630225 Baseball Game in 1891 New York, 1891 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Baseball Player at Bat, c. 1895 (chromolithograph)
3036356 Baseball Player at Bat, c.1895 (chromolithograph) by American School, (19th century); (add.info.: Vintage print of an early baseball player at bat; chromolithograph, c)

Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, Campephaga phoenicea
Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, male, Campephaga phoenicea. (Crimson-shouldered caterpillar catcher.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

White-crested helmetshrike, Prionops plumatus. (White plumed shrike.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Nova 2644 fol. 69r Turtle Doves, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis Codex Vindobonensis (vellum)
ALI143011 Nova 2644 fol.69r Turtle Doves, illustration from Tacuinum Santiatis Codex Vindobonensis (vellum) by Italian School, (14th century); Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Papageno the Bird-Catcher, from The Magic Flute
PER248000 Papageno the Bird-Catcher, from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) (coloured engraving) by Offterdinger, Carl (1829-89); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Rat catcher with a wooden leg. 17th century

Rat-catcher with his Terriers etc (engraving)
5238429 Rat-catcher with his Terriers etc (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rat-catcher with his Terriers etc)

William Finlay (engraving)
664722 William Finlay (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Finlay, is alternately snail picker, leech bather and viper catcher)

Medieval bat and ball game
Man holding a ball about to hit it to a catcher in the game of club ball, 14th century, early version of baseball or criket

Medieval bat and ball games
Woman pitching a ball to a man with a bat in the game of club ball, 14th century (top), man holding a ball about to hit it to a catcher in the game of club ball, 14th century (middle)

Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
Eurasian or pied oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Birdcatchers using Owls and disguise to catch Figpeckers
747000 Birdcatchers using Owls and disguise to catch Figpeckers, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628)

Un chasseur de rats, en Angleterre (engraving)
3629633 Un chasseur de rats, en Angleterre (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un chasseur de rats, en Angleterre)

A close Affair. Hugging the Bat (colour litho)
3105638 A close Affair. Hugging the Bat (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A close Affair. Hugging the Bat)

Rat-catcher 1850s
Jack Black, was a rat-catcher and mole destroyer from Battersea. Date: circa 1850s

American baseball in 1910 (b / w photo)
1127174 American baseball in 1910 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Match between Yale and Harvard)

Mouse catcher with his trap and cat (colour litho)
3643590 Mouse catcher with his trap and cat (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mouse catcher with his trap and cat.); © Look and Learn

Hunting Quail, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium
747010 Hunting Quail, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Birdcatchers going out to catch blackbirds, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum
747006 Birdcatchers going out to catch blackbirds, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Rat catchers (engraving)
699949 Rat catchers (engraving) by Visscher, Cornelis (c.1629-58) (after); Private Collection; Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Oyster Catching, 1884 (oil on canvas)
BOO183445 Oyster Catching, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Billet, Pierre Celestin (1837-1922); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; French, out of copyright

African American baseball players from Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, c
5042898 African American baseball players from Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, c.1899 (gelatin silver print) by American Photographer

Birdcatchers using traps to catch partridge, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum
746999 Birdcatchers using traps to catch partridge, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Birdcatchers using rods with rings on to catch birds, illustration from Venationes
747003 Birdcatchers using rods with rings on to catch birds, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Rat catcher (engraving)
602237 Rat catcher (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rat catcher, depicting a man wearing a top hat and carrying a cage)

Plate 280. Base-ball; Catching, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950035 Plate 280. Base-ball; Catching, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 24x31.1 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

The rat catcher (engraving)
970496 The rat catcher (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The rat catcher. Illustration for Palace)

Baseball game (chromolitho)
974127 Baseball game (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baseball game. Educational card, late 19th or early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Royal Tour in Canada, a Ride on Cow-catcher (litho)
1037401 The Royal Tour in Canada, a Ride on Cow-catcher (litho) by Maud, William T. (1865-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Tour in Canada, a Ride on Cow-catcher)

The Young Bird Catchers (oil on panel)
3066264 The Young Bird Catchers (oil on panel) by Neer, Eglon Hendrick van der (1634-1703); 26x19.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch, out of copyright

A travelling rat catcher with the tools of his trade (engraving)
812822 A travelling rat catcher with the tools of his trade (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Rat-Catchers of the Sewers, from the daguerreotype by Richard Beard
STC421746 The Rat-Catchers of the Sewers, from the daguerreotype by Richard Beard, illustration from London Labour and London Poor by Henry Mayhew, pub

Landscape with Bird Catchers, c. 1670 (oil on panel)
450238 Landscape with Bird Catchers, c.1670 (oil on panel) by Dujardin, Karel (1626-78); 28.1x36.8 cm; The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK; eHolburne Museum; Dutch, out of copyright

Turtle Catching on Land, engraved by Matthew Dubourg (fl
STC134522 Turtle Catching on Land, engraved by Matthew Dubourg (fl.1785-1820), published by Edward Orme, 1813 (colour litho) by Clark

Baseball, the National Game of the United States (b / w photo)
1036734 Baseball, the National Game of the United States (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baseball, the National Game of the United States)

The rat catcher (colour litho)
820065 The rat catcher (colour litho) by Visscher, Cornelius de (c.1520-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: The rat catcher, depicting a man carrying a box on a strap over his shoulder)

The Eel Catchers Home, c. 1886 (photo)
STC119930 The Eel Catchers Home, c.1886 (photo) by Emerson, Peter (1856-1936) & Goodall, Thomas (1857-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

The American Base-Ball Players at Kennington Oval (engraving)
1055487 The American Base-Ball Players at Kennington Oval (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: The American Base-Ball Players at Kennington Oval)

Inle Fisherman
Gunarto Song

Coyfee seen here caught in a trap. March 1960

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