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Cows

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  • Two cows resting by a woodland pool as a boy pipes in the tree above. Etching by C.-W. Kolbe, the elder.
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating patients in the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital at St. Pancras: the patients develop features of cows. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • Malvern Wells, Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Wood engraving by W. Radclyffe after W.H. Wood.
  • A short horned cow. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1848, after H. Strafford.
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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
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    Double picture: Durga slaying the buffalo demon, Shri Deri; Shri Dattatreya with a cow, two worshippers and dog. Transfer lithograph.

    | Reference: 25925i
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    A battle. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 27651i
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    Blood smear from bovine anthrax case, stained by

    Royal Veterinary College
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