Box 42

Medium:
Pen and ink; pen and ink over cyanotype

Illustrator(s):
Dunk, Walter M. (1855-)

Known books with call numbers and possible books:
Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900

Known nursery rhymes, fairy tales and stories:

Genre/subject of illustrations:
Animals
Annotated artwork
Hunting

 

Selected Illustrations
(click to enlarge):


Folder 3

 


Folder 6


Folder 1 Man riding horseback shooting a small gun at a tiger leaping out of a tree; in the background to the left is an additional man atop a horse firing a gun; to the right is a crowd of people and horses; a young boy shields a dog, 35.5 x 43.5 cm [used in: Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900]

Folder 2 Wolves eating the carcass of a horse in the foreground on snow; in a tree above them are two men wrapped in warm clothes aiming rifles and shooting the wolves, 41 x 34 cm [used in: Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900]

Folder 3 A man riding a black horse lassoing a giraffe running to the right; in the distance are numerous piles of rocks and trees, image is annotated beneath, “I saw the lasso fly from Mr. Sanderson’s hand”; artist’s signature is in the lower left “Walter M. Dunk”, 32 x 44.5 cm

Folder 4 A man on the shore firing a rifle at a hippopotamus to the left with its mouth wide open, teeth showing; in the water to the right is a black man with a bow and arrow; in the distance are other hippopotamuses, 35.5 x 45 cm [used in: Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900]

Folder 5 Two men behind trees hunting squirrels; one is aiming his rifle upward; the other is looking upwards; in the background are numerous tall pine trees, 44 x 28 cm [used in: Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900]

Folder 6 Two spotted hunting dogs in the foreground looking up at a pheasant; in the background are two men with rifles hunting; between them are numerous bushes and trees, 44 x 33 cm [used in: Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900]

Folder 7 A hunter in the foreground wearing decorative clothing; he has a pistol and a tomahawk in his belt; he is aiming a rifle up at a black bear who is walking down a fallen log; there are several dead animals surrounding the hunter, 46 x 38.5 cm [used in: Boy’s hunting book McL B793 H948 1900]

Folder 8 A giraffe to the left running away from a buffalo’s charge; to the left are numerous giraffes running away; image is signed in the lower right “Walter M. Dunk” manuscript notation on the bottom reads, “The giraffe only just avoided the buffalo’s charge”, 36 x 56 cm

 

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