3-075-103 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The "Sport and Art" exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1890. 'Falconry - Hobby; Peregrine tiercel or male; Sparrowhawk; 1. Head of white-tailed deer, lent by Morton Erewin, Esq.; these antlers have sixty points. 2. Skull of Ovis Poli [of Thibet]; lent by the Hon. Charles Ellis. 3. Malformed roan antelope; lent by Colonel Ralph Vivian. 4. Breech-loader, Tower-marked, about 1770; lent by Col. Hambro, M.P. 5. Sporting fusil, wheel lock (German), sixteenth century; lent by T. Davidson, Esq. 6. Carved wood crossbow, sixteenth century. 7. Small gun, with beautiful steel carving, belonging to the Prince of Wales. 8. Hunting-knife, presented to the Prince of Wales by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany. 9. Hunting-knife, mounted in gold and silver gilt; lent by the Prince of Wales. A passing word must be given to the arms of all kinds and of all countries used for sporting purposes...From these early specimens to the latest breechloading gun - hammerless and self-emptying - the distance is great, but it is easy to follow the development of sportsmen's guns by means of the well-arranged specimens here exhibited'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.