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What is in this cup? : Vimbos, an ox in a teacup : the prince of fluid beef (see analysis).

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.

Page 122: Shiva and Parvati on Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.

Bovril : the guaranteed product of prime ox beef : fifty times more nourishing than meat extract, meat essence or beef tea : unsurpassed for sauces, soups & made dishes.

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

Page 153: Shiva and Parvati seated with Nandi bull. Gouache drawing.

Shiva and Parvati mounted on Nandi bull in a procession led by Brahma and Hanuman and attendants. Gouache drawing.

Shiva with the Ganges and Nandi bull with Durga and lion seated on lotuses. Gouache drawing.

A cow and bull of the Durham short-horned breed. Etching, ca 1822.

A bull resting in an enclosure outside a thatched cottage in England. Etching by R. Hills, 1802.

Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.

A dog resting on a bull's straw; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Tivoli: in a field below the temple of Vesta, two bulls fight; sheep are disturbed; a shepherd tells his sheepdog to separate the bulls. Engraving by W. Elliott, 1765, after P.P. Roos (Rosa da Tivoli}.

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A bull resting in an enclosure outside a thatched cottage in England. Etching by R. Hills, 1802.

Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.

A dog resting on a bull's straw; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Tivoli: in a field below the temple of Vesta, two bulls fight; sheep are disturbed; a shepherd tells his sheepdog to separate the bulls. Engraving by W. Elliott, 1765, after P.P. Roos (Rosa da Tivoli}.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head and Parvati seated on a tiger skin with Ganesha, Skanda and Nandi bull surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.