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Images about Bulls

47 images from works
  • 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.

Works from the collections

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

    Hills, Robert, 1769-1844. | Date: March 1 1802 | Reference: 40569i
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    Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.

    Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822. | Date: 1 Oct 1800 | Reference: 40030i
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    A dog resting on a bull's straw; representing Aesop's fable. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

    Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614. | Date: 1622 | Reference: 26702i
    Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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    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}.

    Roos, Philipp Peter, Rosa da Tivoli, Mercurius, 1657-1706. | Date: November 2d 1765 | Reference: 2922568i
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    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.

    | Reference: 27741i

Related topics

Hindu mythology
Hindu gods
Cattle
Hindu goddesses
Animals, Domestic
Livestock breeds
Hindu symbolism
Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
Christianity
Oxen

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