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A Chinese man with a boar on a lead. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.

Human physiognomies next to animal physiognomies, showing the relations between certain of the species. Etching, c. 1820, after C. Le Brun.

A man sits near an altar with a statue of a goddess and prepares a boar for sacrifice. Engraving by Battista Franco.

A prize boar. Stipple engraving by Neele.

A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

Varāha raising the earth from the bottom of the ocean and trampling on the demon Hiranyāksha. Gouache drawing.

Heads of hares, a goat, a boar, and an ass. Drawing, c. 1789.

A cockerel with hens and chicks looking for food outside a pig sty. Engraving by P. Tempest, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Double images: hunting scene, western allegorical female muse figure. Ink drawing.

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A cockerel with hens and chicks looking for food outside a pig sty. Engraving by P. Tempest, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

A thistle in the centre with a boar to the left facing a mastiff to the right, all surrounded by various plants and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

Varāha raising the earth from the bottom of the ocean and trampling on the demon Hiranyāksha. Gouache drawing.

Double images: hunting scene, western allegorical female muse figure. Ink drawing.

A prize boar. Stipple engraving by Neele.