HUNTING - "Les palfreniers ou Sices promenant les chevaux - Sices or Grooms leading out horses". 1805. Fine aquatint in colors after William-Samuel HOWITT (1765-1822) and Thomas WILLIAMSON (1758-1817), engraved by H. MERKE. Proof on wove paper, published by Edward Orme in London. Plate from the "Oriental Field Sports" series. Captain Thomas Williamson was a British officer who served with the British Regiment in Bengal for two decades and created sketches of his time in India. These illustrations, along with his knowledge of sports and wildlife, caught the attention of the Orme family, who hired English painter Samuel Howitt to create watercolors based on Williamson's sketches. 46 x 56.2 cm. Condition A (some scattered foxing and slight traces of oxidation, good condition).