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Porcupines

Species of mammal

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Images referencing Porcupines

12 images from works
  • A North African porcupine (Hystrix cristata). Reproduction of a drawing.
  • Three hunting dogs chasing a porcupine. Etching after A. Hondius, 1679.
  • John Honing. Oil painting, after 1585.
  • John Honing. Oil painting, after 1585.
  • John Honing. Oil painting, after 1585.
  • William Cobbett as a porcupine with a snake's tail with two taloned devils representing Sir Francis Burdett and John Horne Tooke. Coloured etching by S. De Wilde, 1808.
  • Guinea: an animal identified as a porcupine and another animal resembling a pangolin, standing in a tropical forest with elephants grazing in the background. Etching.
  • Thirteen different mammals ranging from apes, rodents and marsupials to a whale. Coloured lithograph.
  • John Honing. Oil painting, after 1585.
  • A porcupine with quills erect and a hedgehog. Etching.
  • A wolf barking at a porcupine standing on the rock above it. Etching by W-S Howitt, ca 1809.
  • Wonderful production of nature : the greatest human curiosity! Now in existence, Master Thomas Jones, the Cambrian Porcupine Youth!! ... is now exhibiting, for a short time, at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

Works from the collections

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    Three hunting dogs chasing a porcupine. Etching after A. Hondius, 1679.

    Hondius, Abraham, 1625-1695. | Date: 1679 | Reference: 41623i
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    Wonderful production of nature : the greatest human curiosity! Now in existence, Master Thomas Jones, the Cambrian Porcupine Youth!! ... is now exhibiting, for a short time, at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.

    | Date: [1841]
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    John Honing. Oil painting, after 1585.

    | Date: 1585 | Reference: 45678i
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    A porcupine with quills erect and a hedgehog. Etching.

    | Reference: 39858i
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    Thirteen different mammals ranging from apes, rodents and marsupials to a whale. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 39950i

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