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Hunting the Sable Antelope in South Africa, 1871. Creator: Unknown.

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Hunting the Sable Antelope in South Africa, 1871. 'The blauwbok or sable antelope is so called from its apparent colour, but its hide or skin is perfectly black and its hair is ashy grey; the effect is a bluish tinge, whence its name is derived. Its body is 6 ft. in length, and it stands 3 ft. 7 in. high at the shoulder. The horns, round and curving backwards, with twenty or thirty rings, and very sharp points, are 2 ft. 2 in, long; the ears are 8 in. long, and the tail, with a tuft at the end, is 12 in. long. The blauwbok lives in families of five or six females with one male, on the open plains north of the Gareep or Orange River. It is fierce and dangerous when attacked, but the hunters pursue it on horseback, and kill it with the rifle when brought to bay. The sketch we have engraved was drawn by Mr. Thomas Baines, the South African traveller and explorer'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A61_422

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Droits gérés

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57,6Mo (6,8Mo) / 45,7cm x 31,6cm / 5392 x 3732 (300dpi)

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Africa animal wildlife South Africa arts art running continent British hunting horns African antelope antelopes location century Britain newspapers press print B&W engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN veldt wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century The Illustrated London News Samuel John Carter Carter Samuel John Carter Samuel Samuel Carter Thomas Baines Baines Thomas John Thomas Baines Hippotragus niger sable antelope