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Images about Cattle

107 images from works
  • Nature's choice beef : specially selected cuts from traditionally reared prime beef / Tesco Stores Ltd.
  • A Devon steer. Etching by E. Hacker, ca 1869, after E. Corbet.
  • Two cows resting by a woodland pool as a boy pipes in the tree above. Etching by C.-W. Kolbe, the elder.
  • A short horned cow. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1848, after H. Strafford.
  • A cow and two sheep in a field. Etching by J. Janson the elder, 17--.
  • A study of cows in various positions. Engraving.
  • A Hereford ox. Etching by C. Cook, ca 1838, after J. Giles.
  • St. Clement's church, Oxford. Etching by H. le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie, 1829.
  • A ram and ewe of the Cheviot and Dorset breeds of sheep. Etching, ca 1822.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: viewed from the north, across Whitechapel Road. Engraving by J.-B.-C. Chatelain and W.H. Toms, 1753, after W. Bellers, 1752, after B. Mainwaring, 1751.
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Works from the collections

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    A short horned cow. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1848, after H. Strafford.

    | Strafford, Henry, active 1833-1873. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 39980i
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    A cow bellowing in a field by a lake. Etching by J. Janson, the elder.

    | Janson, Johannes, the elder, 1729-1784. | Reference: 40009i
    • Ephemera

    Return of foot-and-mouth disease, for the week ending ... 187 ... .

    | Date: [between 1870 and 1879]
    • Ephemera

    The Corporation of London request the honor of the company of ... at the inauguration of the metropilitan cattle market, on wednesday the 13th day of June, 1855; : on which occasion H. R. H. Prince Albert, has graciously signified his intention to be present. / Corporation of London.

    | Date: 1855
    • Ephemera

    Order of council. : at the council chamber, Whitehall, the 8th day of November, 1870. / Arthur Helps.

    | Date: 1870
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Related topics

Animals, Domestic
Livestock breeds
Cows
Sheep
Campagna di Roma (Italy)
Oxen
Bulls
Country life
Livestock - Breeding
Goats

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