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The London Hospital, Whitechapel: seen from the northern side of the Whitechapel Road. Wood engraving, after an engraving of c.1753.

Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

India: a man smoking a hookah whips a bullock who is drawing him on a platform around a milling wheel. Watercolour, 18--.

A Hereford ox. Etching by C. Cook, ca 1838, after J. Giles.

The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio.

The Virgin Mary and the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes; Joseph sits nearby. Etching by F. de Grado.

The birth of Christ; the Virgin kneels before the manger. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.

A musk-ox bull on Melville Island, Canada. Mezzotint with engraving by W. Westall, ca 1821, after Lieutenant Beechey.

The birth of Christ; female angels swoon through the air; Joseph looks on. Aquatint by T. Piroli, 1796, after W. Y. Ottley.

The adoration of the magi: a king kneels before the infant Jesus, seated on Mary's lap. Engraving by E. Fessard after C.J. Natoire.

Agriculture: villagers (perhaps in Syria or Palestine) threshing corn by trampling it with oxen. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Beavis.

The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ. Stipple engraving by G.S. & J.G. Facius, 1806, after J. Reynolds.

The shepherds adoring the Christ Child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina.

A West Highland ox. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1844, after W.H. Davis.

An ox walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

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Oxen

Images from the collections

Images about Oxen

Works from the collections

The London Hospital, Whitechapel: seen from the northern side of the Whitechapel Road. Wood engraving, after an engraving of c.1753.

The shepherds adoring the Christ Child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina.

A West Highland ox. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1844, after W.H. Davis.

An ox walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

Oxen

Images from the collections

Images about Oxen

Works from the collections

The London Hospital, Whitechapel: seen from the northern side of the Whitechapel Road. Wood engraving, after an engraving of c.1753.

The shepherds adoring the Christ Child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina.

A West Highland ox. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1844, after W.H. Davis.

An ox walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

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