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Two African oxen with huge horns standing on a hillside. Etching by C. Heath, ca 1814, after H. Salt.

Salt, Henry, 1780-1827.

Date: 1 June 1814

Agriculture: villagers (perhaps Syrian) threshing corn by trampling it with oxen. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Beavis.

Beavis, Richard, 1824-1896.

Sculptures of two oxen carved in sandstone in the Museum of Les Eyzies in France. Reproduction of a photograph.

Two Polish oxen by a river or lake. Etching by J.A. Klein, 1818.

Klein, Johann Adam, 1792-1875.

Date: 1818

Two oxen harnessed to a yoke. Coloured etching, ca 1808, after Scott.

Scott, active 1808.

Date: 1 Feb 1808

An ox walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.

Date: 1887

Two men perhaps milling foodstuffs in a vat with a millwheel driven by two oxen. Gouache drawing, 18--.

Date: 1800-1899

A team of oxen being made to pull a plough. Engraving by M. van der Gucht.

Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725.

An ox walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.

Date: 1887

The ox and its kindred

Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915.

Date: [1912]

An ox walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.

Date: 1887

A team of oxen being made to pull a plough. Engraving by P. Moran after R. Bonheur.

Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899.

Burma: members of the royal family accompanied by courtiers and drummers drive oxen through a rice paddy to inaugurate the annual crop. Gouache painting.

Date: [between 1800 and 1899]

India: a man smoking a hookah whips a bullock who is drawing him on a platform around a milling wheel. Watercolour, 18--.

Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]

A musk-ox bull on Melville Island, Canada. Mezzotint with engraving by W. Westall, ca 1821, after Lieutenant Beechey.

Beechey, Richard Brydges, 1808-1895.

Date: 6 March 1821

The diseases and disorders of the ox : with an account of the diseases of the sheep

Gresswell, George, 1858-1914.

Date: 1894

Agriculture: schoolboys variously employed ploughing, digging, and raking earth. Engraving.

Agriculture: raking rice paddies in China with an ox-drawn plough. Engraving by J. June after A. Heckel.

Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770.

Date: [1770?]

A man riding an oxen through grass and shrub land. Watercolour.

A West Highland ox. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1844, after W.H. Davis.

Davis, William Henry, active 1803-1849.

Date: 1 May 1844

A short horned ox. Etching by H. Beckwith, ca 1839, after W.H. Davies.

Davies, William H., active 1832-1838.

Date: 1 Feb 1839

A Hereford ox. Etching by E. Hacker, ca 1850, after W.H. Davis.

Davis, William Henry, active 1803-1849.

Date: 1850

A Hereford ox. Stipple engraving by Neele.

Neele, James Joshua, active 1830.

A Hereford ox. Etching by C. Cook, ca 1838, after J. Giles.

Giles, John West, active 1830-1864.

Date: 1 April 1839

The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness, guided by God in the form of a pillar of smoke. Watercolour by J.J. Derghi, 1866.

Derghi, J. J., active 1866.

Date: 1866

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