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Etching of two hunting dogs among leafy plants, one sitting at left and one crouching and stretching at right.

Two Hunting Dogs Playing, Etching by Robert Hills, 1816

An etching of two dogs in a field of leafy plants. One dog sits at left, its head turned toward the second, which stretches low across the foreground with its tail extended. Fine hatched lines model the bodies against a pale paper ground.

Artist
Robert Hills
Date
1 October 1816
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1816.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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