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Human-animal relationships

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Images about Human-animal relationships

33 images from works
  • Adam naming the animals. Etching by G. Scotin and J. Cole after H. Gravelot and J.B. Chatelain, 1743.
  • A woman breast feeding two puppies while a Mexican man and woman implore her to feed their baby, which is lying on the floor on a bed of straw. Chromolithograph after A. Utrillo Viadera.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
  • Adam and Eve are driven from Eden by an angel. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • A monkey surgeon prepares to treat a monkey patient with a clyster, the latest French fashion accessory. Line engraving, ca. 1660.
  • Telephus (son of Hercules) being suckled by a doe in the temple of Athena where as an infant he was left to die. Colour photogravure after a mural at Herculaneum.
  • Adam gestures towards a radiant Eve, flesh of his flesh. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • Eve emerges from sleeping Adam's side. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
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Works from the collections

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    Run, Spot, run : the ethics of keeping pets / Jessica Pierce.

    Jessica Pierce | Date: 2016
    • Books

    Rat / Jonathan Burt.

    Burt, Jonathan | Date: 2006
    • Books

    Wild man from Borneo : a cultural history of the orangutan / Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, Helen Tiffin.

    R. B. Cribb | Date: [2014]
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    Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

    Johann Elias Ridinger | Reference: 20714i
    • Books

    Animal rights / edited by Clare Palmer.

    | Date: 2008
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Related topics

Animals in the Bible
Eden
Animals and civilization
Trees
Creation - Biblical teaching
Apes
Animal Welfare
Light - Religious aspects
Women in Christianity
Women in Judaism

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