Oxen Collection (page 12)

Wealth of the Indies, 17th century. Design for a Gobelin tapestry showing rich flora and fauna and products of the West Indies and Central and South America

Black refugees travelling in a bullock cart, American Civil War, 1861-1865. From the Library of Congress

March, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul Limbourg
March, 1412-1416. A farmer uses an ox-drawn wheeled plough on his field in the foreground, while in the distance, people are tending vines, keeping sheep and preparing to sow corn

St Luke the Evangelist writing his gospel, c1808. From the Bible (Luke 1.3). St Luke is the Patron saint of artists and physicians. An Ox, his symbol, is in the right foreground

St Blaise and St Guerin, 19th century. St Blaise or Blasius, Bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, was martyred in c316. St Guerin (1065-1150) was a Swiss Benedectine monk who became Bishop of Sion, Valais

Papyrus from an Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. The scene shows a pharaoh on an ox-drawn bier being taken for burial

The Frog and the Ox, 1893. Artist: Jean de la Fontaine
The Frog and the Ox, 1893. The Frog who would grow as big as the Ox by Jean de la Fontain. The Triple Alliance was a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary

The Monarch, at the Beginning of the Rural Year, Opened the First Furrow, 1847. Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
The Monarch, at the Beginning of the Rural Year, Opened the First Furrow, 1847. A print from 19th Century Egypt, published 1847

Tilling, Germany, 1943. A print from Signal, April 1943. Signal was a magazine published by the German Third Reich from 1940 through 1945

Ploughing with oxen, sowing seed broadcast and harrowing, 18th century. In the background agricultural tools are being made from wood

The Adoration of the Magi, 1504. Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Adoration of the Magi, 1504. The Gospel of St Matthew (2:1-12) tells how certain Magi (the Wise Men) from the Orient arrived in Bethlehem to visit the infant Christ

Roman relief showing the ritual plowing of the boundaries of a new city, from the British Museums collection

Wooden model of a man ploughing with oxen, from Egypt, Middle Kingdom, c2040-1750 BC. This model was originally placed in a tomb. From the British Museums collection

American War of Independence, 1775, (1875)
American War of Independence: American patriots transporting gunpowder captured from Fort William and Mary to Bunker Hill, 1775, (1875)

Ploughing from an Egyptian Stele, 18th Dynasty, 1332BC-1323 BC. Horemheb ploughing land in the Fields of Aaru in order to gain eternal life. Relief from the Tomb of Horemheb

Relief of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius making a state sacrifice, 2nd century
Relief of Marcus Aurelius (April 26, 121- March 17, 180) making a state sacrifice, from the Capitoline Museums collection in Rome, 2nd century

David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer, 1849 (c1878). Livingstone (1813-1873), holding a childs hand, with attendants and an ox-drawn wagon arriving at Lake Ngami in Botswana

The Plague of Rain and Hail, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, c1759-c1789. Artist: James Caldwall
The Plague of Rain and Hail, one of the Seven Plagues of Egypt, c1759-c1789. From the Bible (Exodus 9.18). After the French designer and engraver Clement Pierre Marillier (1740-1808)

Mormons on the trek from Illinois to Utah, 1846 (1853). The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

St Luke the Evangelist writing his Gospel watched by his symbol, an ox, 17th century

A slave with an ox-cart containing the weeks cotton pickings, New Orleans, USA

The Ploughing Lesson, 1798. Artist: Francois-Andre Vincent
The Ploughing Lesson, 1798. A ploughman instructing a landowners son in the use of an ox-drawn plough while the boys parents and sister look on

British wild or park cattle. Artist: William Jardine
British wild or park cattle. The Hamilton strain (Scottish), and the Chillingham (English), two examples of ancient breeds surviving in a few small herds in Britain through having been enparked

British Wild or Park Cattle, 1790. Artist: Thomas Bewick
British Wild or Park Cattle. Ancient breed surviving in few small herds in Britain through having been enparked centuries ago

Confucius visiting court, 19th century
Confucius (c551 BC-479 BC) visiting court, 19th century. After an inscription with illustration relating to the visit to court of Confucius, the Chinese philospher, teacher and political theorist

Part of the Remains of Llanphor, near Pembroke, from Twelve Views in Aquatinta from Drawings taken on the Spot in South Wales, 1773-75

The Oxcart, Illustration from Fables by Lachambaudie, 1851. Creator: Charles Emile Jacque
The Oxcart, Illustration from Fables by Lachambaudie, 1851

Sacrifice, c. 1510 / 1530. Creator: Unknown
Sacrifice, c. 1510/1530

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox, ca. 1763

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