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When your pet dies : some tips to help you to cope / RSPCA.

Five men sit smoking round a fireplace, another stands with his back to the fire. Mezzotint after A. van Ostade (?).

Pet insurance : This Christmas give your pet a healthy future / Marks & Spencer Financial Services.

An old gentleman visitor offering snuff to an old woman at her fireside. Coloured lithograph by J. J. Chalon, c. 1821, after himself.

A sick man gazes in a melancholy way, while his family and pets play. Coloured etching, c. 1820.

The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Etching by R. Delaunay after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Six figures passing the time with various entertainments. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, 1771, after G.M. Kraus.

A gouty man seeking comfort in licentious surroundings. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1785.

Pet parrot on a perch. Watercolour drawing.

A group of domesticated guinea pigs. Colour reproduction of a painting.

A dog looks on as a man and a woman smell a flower; representing the sense of smell. Engraving.

Run, Spot, run : the ethics of keeping pets / Jessica Pierce.

In the company of animals : a study of human-animal relationships / James Serpell.

A fashionable middle-aged woman reprimanding a young male relative. Coloured lithograph.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

Christmas without cruelty : an idea whose time has come / Animal Aid.

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Pets

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Images about Pets

Works from the collections

Run, Spot, run : the ethics of keeping pets / Jessica Pierce.

In the company of animals : a study of human-animal relationships / James Serpell.

A fashionable middle-aged woman reprimanding a young male relative. Coloured lithograph.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

Christmas without cruelty : an idea whose time has come / Animal Aid.

Pets

Images from the collections

Images about Pets

Works from the collections

Run, Spot, run : the ethics of keeping pets / Jessica Pierce.

In the company of animals : a study of human-animal relationships / James Serpell.

A fashionable middle-aged woman reprimanding a young male relative. Coloured lithograph.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

Christmas without cruelty : an idea whose time has come / Animal Aid.

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