REVERSALS OF ROLE - A FAVOURITE VISUAL THEME is the reversal of the role of hunter and hunted.
 
see Jane and Ann Taylor, Signor Topsy-Turvey's magic Lantern, or the World Turned Upside Down, Tabart 1810.

A SMALL SELECTION

FROM THE CHAPBOOKS (ANIMALS) The Ox as Butcher etc


Other variants include


Cat and Mouse
Angler and Fish


see also Goya's prints, of the Hunted Hunting

Monkey and Organ Grinder, Rodney DeSarro, ESQUIRE DATE UNKNOWN

Cornelis Anthoisz, a print of many possibilities

Cats and Mice, English Popular Print

 

The Death of the Hunter

Metz 1850