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Boars

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  • A Chinese man with a boar on a lead. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.
  • A man sits near an altar with a statue of a goddess and prepares a boar for sacrifice. Engraving by Battista Franco.
  • A prize boar. Stipple engraving by Neele.
  • A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
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    A cockerel with hens and chicks looking for food outside a pig sty. Engraving by P. Tempest, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

    Barlow, Francis, 1622-1704. | Date: 1690 | Reference: 42813i
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    A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

    Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677. | Date: [1674] | Reference: 24376i
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    Varāha raising the earth from the bottom of the ocean and trampling on the demon Hiranyāksha. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 27863i
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    Double images: hunting scene, western allegorical female muse figure. Ink drawing.

    | Reference: 28069i
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    A prize boar. Stipple engraving by Neele.

    | Reference: 40114i
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