HUNTING - "Les gardes chiens on Dooreahs promenant les chiens - Dooreahs or Dog keepers leading out dogs". 1805. Fine aquatint in colors after William-Samuel HOWITT (1765-1822) and Thomas WILLIAMSON (1758-1817), engraved by H. MERKE. Proof of the 1st edition, on wove paper, published by Edward Orme in London. Plate from the "Oriental Field Sports" series. For British settlers living in India in the 19th century, modest bungalows on plantations became the equivalent of a country estate in England. As this fine image from Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports" shows, these "estates" often included kennels for hunting dogs and stables, usually maintained by local servants. 46 x 56.2 cm. Condition A (some light sunning, otherwise good condition).