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Kōrero: Sport and society

Hunting in Britain, 1853

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Hunting in Britain, 1853

This engraving, from a painting by F. C. Turner, portrays a favourite sport of Britain's leisured classes in the early 19th century.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: 1961-0011-10

by Francis Calcraft Turner

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Greg Ryan, Sport and society – Old world origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/39368/hunting-in-britain-1853 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Greg Ryan, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.