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Images from the collections

Images about Swine

92 images from works
  • A statue of a hog with litter of suckling piglets. Pencil drawing by W. Ottley.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: seen from the northern side of the Whitechapel Road. Wood engraving, after an engraving of c.1753.
  • A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.
  • 3D print of vessels of a healthy mini pig eye.
  • Worming is now easier than ever : [introducing the new Panacur 7-day wormer] / [Hoechst Animal Health.]
  • Two pigs lying in straw in an outdoor pen. Etching with aquatint and grey wash after G. Morland(?).
  • The pig: a treatise on the breeds, management, feeding, and medical treatment, of swine; with directions for salting pork, and curing bacon and hams / By William Youatt. Illustrated with engravings drawn from life by William Harvey, esq.
  • Coupon issues for the month of ... 195- : Feeding stuffs coupons, for your farm livestock, are enclosed as listed below... / Cambridge A.E.C., Feeding Stuffs Department.
  • Nature's choice pork & bacon : specially selected pork and bacon traditionally reared / Tesco Stores Ltd.
  • Liverine pig meal : for pigs of all ages at all times : worth its weight in gold... / Liverine Limited.
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Works from the collections

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    The statue of a lively, leaping pig. Engraving by I. Frezza after G.E. Morghen (?).

    Morghen, Giovanni Elia, 1721-approximately 1789. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 40079i
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    A prize boar. Etching by E. Hacker, ca 1867, after E. Corbet.

    Corbet, E., active 1856-1876. | Date: 1867 | Reference: 40067i
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    Devon drench : a famous and invaluable remedy for the disorders of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs : Especially so for red water, scouring, cold, colic and influenza, milk fever, costiveness, etc. : also as a cleansing drench for cows and ewes after calving and lambing and preventative of milk fever.

    | Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]
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    Worm powders : for pigs : for directions for use see inside lid.

    | Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]
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    Pigs and a litter of piglets, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of porcine products. Coloured engraving by Badoureau, ca. 1848, after P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont.

    | Date: 1848 | Reference: 46971i
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Animals, Domestic
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United Kingdom
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