Phenomenon studied by anthrozoology and practiced by animal attendants and others

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.

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.

Eve picks the apple from the tree as the serpent emerges. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

A barber-surgeon's house, where monkeys shave cats and let blood. Line engraving, c. 1660, after D. Teniers II.

189 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 19 cm.

Rat / Jonathan Burt.

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

1 print : etching, with line engraving ; platemark 39.5 x 54.3 cm

Animal rights / edited by Clare Palmer.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

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Human-animal relationships

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Rat / Jonathan Burt.

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

Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Animal rights / edited by Clare Palmer.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

Human-animal relationships

Images from the collections

Images referencing Human-animal relationships

Works from the collections

Rat / Jonathan Burt.

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

Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Animal rights / edited by Clare Palmer.

Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello.

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