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  • Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt: Egyptian men and children in a market;a boy on a donkey holding a parasol. Photograph, 1905/1920 (?).
  • A man riding a donkey deludes himself into believing that he is on a splendid horse. Coloured etching by G. Piattoli, c. 1800.
  • A chart of farm animals consisting of quadrupeds (horse, donkey, pig, dog, cow and sheep) and birds (hens, geese and ducks). Process print.
  • A loaded donkey carrying its drover, seen from behind, with a town wall and turret in the background. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • The evolution of a barrel and goose into a donkey into a man wearing tails; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • A god in the clouds watches on as a peasant is about to beat his donkey; illustration of a fable. Etching by R. Stoop.
  • Four people with a donkey and baskets of goods are standing around talking, two children are stealing bread from one of the baskets. Lithograph.
  • A man is whipping a donkey on as it carries the panniers which hold the vinegar that he will sell. Etching after M. Laroon, 1688.
  • A mare is shod by a farrier in the company of a donkey and a dog. Lithograph after an oil painting by E. H. Landseer.
  • A boy in Granada rides on a donkey loaded with panniers as he leads his flock of goats. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Ansdell.
  • A boy with a staff is tending to a flock of sheep and a donkey carries a load on its back. Etching by Francesco Londonio.
  • A miller sits on a donkey which is being pulled by the reins and pushed from behind to make it move. Lithograph by S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • A family on horseback with a donkey for travelling have stopped by the water, one boy is gathering crabs. Engraving by Dancker Danckerts after N. Berchem.
  • A man is trying to persuade a donkey with kindness to pass a gate while another man hits the back of the animal with a stick. Etching.
  • A horse makes a man eat straw, a donkey rides on a man's back, the world is upside down, people eat grass while sheep tend them. Coloured etching.
  • 'Philijpÿn' helps a donkey to vomit while a 'Doctor Financier' examines a urine sample;; representing the state of Spain under the monarchy of King Philip V. Etching attributed to A. Allard, 1711.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor sitting on a donkey with his boxes of medicines, a monkey sits on his shoulder and a boy in a fool's costume blows a trumpet. Watercolour by M. Calisch.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor sitting on a donkey with his boxes of medicines, a monkey sits on his shoulder and a boy in a fool's costume blows a trumpet. Watercolour by M. Calisch.
  • Christ heals a man with dropsy while the Pharisees and lawyers criticise him for healing on a Sunday; Pharisees feast in the background; children play with a donkey on the right. Engraving by E. Rouargue.
  • A man is leading a woman and her baby on a donkey with their belongings and a flock of sheep, attended by other people. Engraving by P. Laurent after P.J. de Loutherbourg, ca. 1777.
  • A man picking up a donkey foal with the aid of two girls with the mare crying out for its foal in the background. Line engraving with etching by H. Lemon after J. C. Horsley.
  • A pregnant woman leading a donkey on which a discharged veteran, who has lost both his legs, is sitting carrying one of their children in a bucket. Etching with engraving by J. Caldwell after J. Collet, 1775.
  • People are crowded around a table on which there is a large dish of oysters, a waterman with an oar looks on, and a boy is emptying more oysters out of a donkey's panniers. Engraving by William Greatbach after A. Fraser.
  • A triumphant candidate, borne aloft by his supporters, is about to topple from his chair due to an obstructing donkey, the disturbance of a fight and a frightened family of swine dashing underneath. Engraving by William Hogarth and François Antoine Aviline, 1758.
  • A woman in a bonnet and carrying a parasol is approaching a young woman who has a basket of eels on the ground and a young man who has a donkey with panniers full of fruit. Coloured aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.
  • Joseph Grimaldi dressed as a Red Indian points to a pantomime creature in a scene from the pantomime, Red Dwarf. Etching by W. Heath, ca. 1811.
  • Chronic laminitis in horse hoof
  • A fashionable lady with her servant in the desert bumps into an elderly doctor and enquires whether the area is good for rheumatism. Colour photomechanical reproduction after L. Thackeray.
  • A grape harvest; representing September. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
  • A sick frog is administered an enema by one of his companions; other frogs, some anthropomorphised, some not, stand by. Etching with drypoint by F-D. Hillemacher after N. Poussin, 1885.