London, England. Bloodless Sport, the Terra-Cotta Pigeon at the Ranelagh Club. A clay blank in the shape of a plate, with a very hard cardboard-stone handle attached to the rim, replaces the pigeon to prevent its death by the practice of this sport. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.
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London, England. Bloodless Sport, the Terra-Cotta Pigeon at the Ranelagh Club. A clay blank in the shape of a plate, with a very hard cardboard-stone handle attached to the rim, replaces the pigeon to prevent its death by the practice of this sport. Drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

Date

1883

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG25A35_128

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42,4Mo (6,8Mo) / 40,0cm x 26,6cm / 4724 x 3140 (300dpi)

Mots clés

shooting clay firearm target terracotta British bourgeoisie aristocracy aristocrats Tomas Carlos Capuz hunting high social class private club ropes shotgun engraving Great Britain history England English Juan Comba London mechanism pigeon dove Ranelagh Club 19th century society clay pigeon shooting people

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