engravings or something else?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me out on what I have here. There are four engravings? Of Samuel Howitt Pheasant shooting, Partridge shooting, Woodcock shooting and Grouse shooting. Then underneath the title it says "published oct 7 1819 by J.Booth" it says that on all four of them. I tried doing some research but I could not find any that said "published by J.Booth" Are these engravings from a book? If anyone could help me out soon what these are that would be awesome! Thank you!

 

It looks like Samuel Howitt was the original artist, J. Booth the engraver and publisher. Try searching for each person individually (eg J Booth engraver, Samuel Howitt artist).

 

Thanks 2many books I did find this link

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/...of-the-Belgians?LinkID=mp93091&role=art&rNo=0

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Howitt

https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-a...Shooting,-1819-(hand-coloured-engraving).html

J. Booth may have been a publisher/dealer in prints.

Bent's Monthly Literary Advertiser, London, 1837, lists a J. Booth, publisher, at Duke Street, Portland Place.
https://books.google.com/books?id=iqk9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=j+Booth+engraver+publisher&source=bl&ots=vM3bh1SoWO&sig=ACfU3U3zk9mRkwCX6Ha1_X7GVvsc9Gr7qA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikyPvrpMfkAhVIVd8KHRwrDlcQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=j Booth engraver publisher&f=false

Whether or not you have original early 19th century engravings, or later reproductions (which might reproduce the early credits as well) is a separate issue.

 

I going out on a limb here, but the prints look original to me.

Look at the titles, if the lines of the letters are VERY finely engraved (sharp) then more than likely they are original engravings. Later editions often use block letters for the titles ....of course photographic repros would also feature the original cursive "copperplate" script titles, but they would not be well defined or "sharp".

 

If the prints are original, there should be plate marks (the impression of the engraving plates as they were pressed into the paper), but it looks like the mat might hide them if they are there. Have you looked at the images under magnification?