Pig Collection (page 9)

The Prodigal Son, c1497, (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Prodigal Son, c1497, (1906). The drawing is housed in the Print Room, British Museum, London. From The Engravings of Albert Durer, by Lionel Cust. [Seeley and Co. Limited, London, 1906]

Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

Cromwell on His Farm, 1874, (1918). Artist: Ford Madox Brown
Cromwell on His Farm, 1874, (1918). Painting held at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby. [The Priory Publishing Press, Liverpool, 1917]

A Woman Spinning, 1652. Artist: Adriaen van Ostade
A Woman Spinning, 1652. From The Print-Collectors Handbook, by Alfred Whitman. [George Bell & Sons, London, 1901]

Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake, 1930. Artist: John Steuart Curry
Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake, 1930. Painting held at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. From The Studio Volume 113. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1937]

Montreuil-Sur-Mer, France, c1907. Artist: William Henry Charlton
Montreuil-Sur-Mer, France, c1907. From The Studio Volume 41. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1907]

The Prodigal Son, 1495 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Prodigal Son, 1495 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

The Farmers Door, 1790. Artist: Benjamin Duterrau
The Farmers Door, 1790. After George Morland (1763-1804). From The Connoisseur Vol. XXII. [Otto Limited, London, 1908-9]

Compassionate Children, c1793, (1916). Artist: William Ward
Compassionate Children, c1793. After James Ward (1769-1859). From The Connoisseur Vol XLIV by [Otto Limited, London, 1916.]

Irish Peasants, 1896
Irish Peasants. The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act 1870 was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1870, and was famed for the hardship it inflicted on tenants

Four blind men placed in a ring to fight a large pig, c14th-15th century (1882-1884). Artist: Spex
Four blind men placed in a ring to fight a large pig, c14th-15th century (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

He Sent Him into His Fields to Feed Swine, 1899. From The Story of the Prodigal Son, from a Chinese Artistss Point of View. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

Haere Mai, 1891 (1939). Artist: Paul Gauguin
Haere Mai, 1891 (1939). Found in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum. Plate taken from Gauguin, by John Rewald, published by William Heinemann (London and Toronto, printed in France and Belgium)

The Princess and the Swineherd, 1898. Artist: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
The Princess and the Swineherd, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 13, no 60 (London, 15th March 1898)

A man on his way to market to sell a pig, Jamaica, c1900s

Chinese miners from the Upper Yangtze highlands, 1895. Artist: Bertrano
Chinese miners from the Upper Yangtze highlands, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Toll bridge, 15th century (1849). Artist: H Moulin
Toll bridge, 15th century (1849). Stained glass from the Cathedral of Tournai. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud, Volume III (Paris, 1849)

Capitaine Fracasse, c120-1670 (1924)Artist: Abraham Bosse
Capitaine Fracasse, c120-1670 (1924) A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

A Human Sacrifice in a Morai, in Otaheite; in the presence of Captain Cook, c1773. Captain James Cook and his officers watching a group of Tahitians chanting as a man

Roasting pig in the jungle, Cuba, (c1910). Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

American Farm Yard in the Evening, 1857. Artist: Currier and Ives
American Farm Yard in the Evening, 1857

Running the molten iron into the pigs, c1880. Iron foundry. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

A Pleasing Method of Rouzing the Doctor or a Thythe Pig No Bad Sight. 1770. Satire on the clergy - a woman is tickling the doctors nose with the tail of a piglet that she is obliged to give him as a

The Charming Brute, (A satire on Handel), 1754. The German composer Handel, here depicted as a pig, had a huge appetite. Here he is at his organ, sitting on a barrel of ale, surrounded by poultry

Spearing a Boar, 14th century, (1833). An engraving from The Sports and Pastimes of the people of England, by Joseph Strutt, (London, 1833)

Swine hunting, 9th century, (1833). Saxon chieftain hunting with hounds. Illustration after a manuscript in the Cotton Collection of the British Library

The Seasons, c1050, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
The Seasons, c1050, (1843). Copy of a manuscript showing agricultural occupations from July to December. July, mowing and making hay; August, reaping; September, hunting; October, hawking; November

December (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro Bassano
December (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

Be Be (Christmas), 1896. Artist: Paul Gauguin
Be Be (Christmas), 1896. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

French anti-masonic postcard, 20th century

Soviet political poster, 1921

Wild boar, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Hampshire sow, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Passage through the Village, c1584-1637. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Passage through the Village, c1584-1637. Private collection

Sisinnius exhorts St Denis to renounce his faith, 1317. St Denis, St Eleutherius and St Rusticus, in chains, stand before Sisinnius who attempts to order them to repudiate Christianity

November: feeding pigs, and Sagittarius, c1423. Illustration from the Bedford Hours, in the collection of the British Library

December, slaughtering the pig, 1520. Artist: Gerhard Hoornbach
December, slaughtering the pig, 1520. Village scene: a couple bleed a pig, while in a hut on the left bread is being taken to the oven and on the right a woman can be seen washing

The Drunkard Pushed into the Pigsty, 1564-1638. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
The Drunkard Pushed into the Pigsty, 1564-1638. From a private collection

The Cook, c1570. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
The Cook, c1570. This image can be interpreted in two ways, either as a cook taking the lid off a dish of sucking pigs or, if turned upside down, as the head of the cook. From a private collection

The Pig, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Pig, c1850. The central image shows a sow and piglets. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): a swineherd with pigs in a forest to eat acorns

Old English breed of pig, 1842. Illustration of a sow from a French edition of The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands by David Low, (Paris, 1842)

Peasant cottage interior, possibly Netherlands or northern France, 17th century. The husband, wearing wooden clogs, snoozes in the chimney corner by the fire on which cooking would be done

Armour Companys pig slaughterhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1892. One of the earliest production lines. Pigs walked up a ramp to the top of the building

Scene from Marco Polos Book of Marvels... early 15th century. Artist: Master of Boucicaut
Scene from Marco Polos Book of Marvels... early 15th century, showing merchants entering a walled town, mason and carpenter at work, a shopkeeper serving a customer, and men driving swine

Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Artist: W Woollett
Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Captain Cook and his officers watching a group of Tahitians chanting as a man

The Swine Herd, c1845. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Swine Herd, c1845. A swineherd stands resting on his staff, watching his pigs. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

St Anthony the Great, Egyptian aesthetic. Also known as Antony of Thebes, St Anthony was the father of Christian monasticism and is the patron saint of herdsmen

Chinese Pottery Model of Pigs in a Pigsty, 1st-3rd century. Glazed with Lead and Copper Oxide, Eastern Han, Zhujuan, Chou Kuan

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