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A butcher swinging a string of sausages from a knife rides on the back of a large black boar. Etching, 1774.

A wild boar lies tied by its rear feet next to an open tavern door. Etching by Rembrandt, ca 1645.

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.

A huntsman sitting on a tree is about to shoot a lynx that has pounced upon a wild boar. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.

Vishnu in his incarnation as Varaha, the boar. Engraving, 1672.

A female wild boar resting. Etching.

A particularly savage wild boar (Sus scrofa) fighting with another over the females behind. Engraving.

Hooves of ungulates: hippopotamus (two figures), and wild boar (three figures). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

An apothecary riding a horse that is out of control and knocking over everything in its way. Etching by W.E.G.

A boar. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

An African boar. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

Pig/pork : archaeology, zoology and edibility / Pía Spry-Marqués.

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A boar. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

An African boar. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

Hooves of ungulates: hippopotamus (two figures), and wild boar (three figures). Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

Pig/pork : archaeology, zoology and edibility / Pía Spry-Marqués.

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.