Bull Collection (page 8)

The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for
527866 The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for him

The Blessing of New Taxes' John Bull is plagued by the Prince Regent (with gouty, swollen legs) and his ministers
527968 The Blessing of New Taxes' John Bull is plagued by the Prince Regent (with gouty, swollen legs) and his ministers. Sidmouth, Vansittart, Castlereagh, and Eldon Woolsack

The Farm Yard (colour litho)
8633179 The Farm Yard (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Farm Yard. Illustration for The Children's Object Book (Frederick Warne)

Muslim woman riding an ox in Hindustan (engraving)
8663698 Muslim woman riding an ox in Hindustan (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Muslim woman riding an ox in Hindustan)

Bullock with decorative markings, Malaya (b/w photo)
8663814 Bullock with decorative markings, Malaya (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bullock with decorative markings, Malaya)

Ancient Greeks offering sacrifice to the Gods, 1887
7125134 Ancient Greeks offering sacrifice to the Gods, 1887; (add.info.: Ancient Greeks offering sacrifice to the Gods. A Popular History of Greece, published 1887.); Photo © Ken Welsh

Large relief of Mithras, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
6384409 Large relief of Mithras, end of 2nd century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

Picture series shadow plays, the bull, Liebig picture
7277920 Picture series shadow plays, the bull, Liebig picture; Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture series shadow plays, the bull, Liebig picture)

Three Spanish bullfighters (colour litho)
3062049 Three Spanish bullfighters (colour litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Left: Jose Redondo Dominguez El Chiclanero Centre)

Farnese' Bull Group Dirce, wife of Lycos, is attached by Amphion and Zethos to a bull in order to take revenge for
BEN5480464 Farnese' Bull Group Dirce, wife of Lycos, is attached by Amphion and Zethos to a bull in order to take revenge for the outrage suffered by their mother Antiope

Farnese' Bull Group Dirce, wife of Lycos, is attached by Amphion and Zethos to a bull in order to take revenge for
BEN5480455 Farnese' Bull Group Dirce, wife of Lycos, is attached by Amphion and Zethos to a bull in order to take revenge for the outrage suffered by their mother Antiope

Leviticus: Different Rituals of Atonement - Engraving from a Bible by Louis Isaac Lemaistre De Sacy (1613-1684), 1837
FGL5483195 Leviticus: Different Rituals of Atonement - Engraving from a Bible by Louis Isaac Lemaistre De Sacy (1613-1684), 1837; Private Collection; Fototeca Gilardi.

Bullfight, Plaza Mayor, Madrid in 18th century (engraving)
6266334 Bullfight, Plaza Mayor, Madrid in 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: Bullfight in the Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain. After an anonymous 18th century work)

Corrida: the bullfighter handles banners in front of the bull. 19th century chromolithography
JAB5036974 Corrida: the bullfighter handles banners in front of the bull. 19th century chromolithography; (add.info.: Corrida: the bullfighter handles banners in front of the bull)

Gaur or Indian bison, Bos gaurus (Gayal or Silhet cattle, Bos gavaeus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an
FLO4989085 Gaur or Indian bison, Bos gaurus (Gayal or Silhet cattle, Bos gavaeus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardine's

Meal of the righteous: above Leviathan (aquatic creature) and Behemoth (earthly creature) and below the banquet
GIA5036562 Meal of the righteous: above Leviathan (aquatic creature) and Behemoth (earthly creature) and below the banquet. 13th century Hebrew Bible. (mms B32 INF. fol)

Spain (19th c.). "To the Memory and Exploits of the D. Quijotes de la Mancha"
CUL4872357 Spain (19th c.). "To the Memory and Exploits of the D. Quijotes de la Mancha" (To the Memory and Exploits of the D. Quijotes de la Mancha). Engraving. SPAIN

Representation of Cesar Borgia (1475-1507), amateur bullfighting, running with bare hands an escape bull in Naples
ELD4884708 Representation of Cesar Borgia (1475-1507), amateur bullfighting, running with bare hands an escape bull in Naples, Italy

Pepin le Brief (714-768), King of the Francs, proves his courage by fighting a lion and a bull in an arena
ELD4871395 Pepin le Brief (714-768), King of the Francs, proves his courage by fighting a lion and a bull in an arena, 751 (Pepin III (714-68) the Short with the Lion and the Bull

PIUS VI, Auctorem fide (engraving)
CUL4865840 PIUS VI, Auctorem fide (engraving) by Unknown artist, (18th century); (add.info.: PIUS VI (1717-1799). Pope number 250 (1775-1799)

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jose (1886-1945). Bull Fighting in Ronda (Capea en Ronda), 1926-1927. Spanish school. 117 x 143 cm
CUL4864634 GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jose (1886-1945). Bull Fighting in Ronda (Capea en Ronda), 1926-1927. Spanish school. 117 x 143 cm. Costumbrism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Bullfight in Plaza Mayor bullfighting ring in Madrid. In the background, 'Casa de la Panaderia'
CUL4932502 Bullfight in Plaza Mayor bullfighting ring in Madrid. In the background, 'Casa de la Panaderia'. 19th century (painting); (add.info)

Representation of the sky according to the Revelation of Saint John: detail of the bull (Saint Luke)
JEB4932137 Representation of the sky according to the Revelation of Saint John: detail of the bull (Saint Luke) and the eagle (Saint John)

France, Aquitaine, Landes (40): arenes in the middle of the pines with toreador and bulls, 1900
LUX4761186 France, Aquitaine, Landes (40): arenes in the middle of the pines with toreador and bulls, 1900; (add.info.: France, Aquitaine)

Sport. Bullfighting. Death of the bull, the puntilla. Photo, Spain, c.1910
2636368 Sport. Bullfighting. Death of the bull, the puntilla. Photo, Spain, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sport. Corrida. Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI.

Sport. Bullfighting. The Cuadrilla (team of a matador and his banderilleros and picadors)
2636362 Sport. Bullfighting. The Cuadrilla (team of a matador and his banderilleros and picadors). Illustration, Germany, c.1910-20.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sport. Corrida. Coll)

Bullfighting in Barcelona
2628305 Bullfighting in Barcelona.; (add.info.: Hand-Coloured photograph of bullfighting in Barcelona, Spain. Dated 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Stone statue of Hittite Storm God Tarhunzas, Tarhius or Teshub (stone)
3288658 Stone statue of Hittite Storm God Tarhunzas, Tarhius or Teshub (stone); Louvre, Paris, France; Photo © Zev Radovan.

Lassoing a bull in south America in the 19th century
3253037 Lassoing a bull in south America in the 19th century; (add.info.: Lassoing a bull in south America in the 19th century. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900).

A woman of the Tuda race of the Nilagiri hills in India, wearing sari, veil, necklace and earrings
FLO4688357 A woman of the Tuda race of the Nilagiri hills in India, wearing sari, veil, necklace and earrings. Handcoloured lithograph from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man

Ajetas or Negritos, male and female aborigines of Luzon, Philippines, in earrings, loincloth, holding bow and arrows
FLO4688466 Ajetas or Negritos, male and female aborigines of Luzon, Philippines, in earrings, loincloth, holding bow and arrows, standing over the carcass of a deer. Taken from J

Matador making the estocada (death blow) with the sword while holding the muleta (cape). Chromolithograph by E
FLO4598148 Matador making the estocada (death blow) with the sword while holding the muleta (cape). Chromolithograph by E

Matador stabbing a bull with two banderillas from the side in the bullring. Chromolithograph by E. Casanova J
FLO4598124 Matador stabbing a bull with two banderillas from the side in the bullring. Chromolithograph by E. Casanova J. Magistris after an illustration by Daniel Perea from Bullfight

Beadle on horseback delivering the key to the bullpen to a matador in the bullring. Chromolithograph by E
FLO4598091 Beadle on horseback delivering the key to the bullpen to a matador in the bullring. Chromolithograph by E. Casanova after an illustration by Daniel Perea from Bullfight, Corrida del Toros

Illustration for "Alphabet Buffon", 1911 (engraving)
DUV4210810 Illustration for "Alphabet Buffon", 1911 (engraving); 29.5x21.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Letters monkey; T bull; U unau (or ai or lazy)

Europa waved her hand and called out "Good-by" (colour litho)
8639147 Europa waved her hand and called out "Good-by" (colour litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Hunting wild cattle in ancient Assyria (engraving)
8663809 Hunting wild cattle in ancient Assyria (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunting wild cattle in ancient Assyria)

The breaking of the lance (litho)
8648436 The breaking of the lance (litho) by Wood, Stanley L. (1866-1928) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The breaking of the lance)

Illustration for The Fox's Frolic, or A Day with the Topsy Turvy Hunt (colour litho)
8649639 Illustration for The Fox's Frolic, or A Day with the Topsy Turvy Hunt (colour litho) by Neilson, Harry B (1861-1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, c570 BC commissioned Perillus of Athens to make a brazen bull in which to
531569 Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, c570 BC commissioned Perillus of Athens to make a brazen bull in which to execute criminals

The Perils of Sketching, 1870 (engraving)
1575663 The Perils of Sketching, 1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicts a sketcher being attacked by a bull in Switzerland. Dated 1870); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Bull Fight, Barcelona, Spain, Late 19th/early 20th century. A Picador is confronting the bull
528319 Bull Fight, Barcelona, Spain, Late 19th/early 20th century. A Picador is confronting the bull. A dead horse, gored by the bull, lies in right corner

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Zeus and Europa (colour litho)
8626209 Zeus and Europa (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zeus and Europa)

Bull wearing a bow tie and monocle (colour litho)
8656547 Bull wearing a bow tie and monocle (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bull wearing a bow tie and monocle)

Whose on Top
Frank Ma

Old Staffordshire Figures: Dog baiting Bull (colour litho)
8659996 Old Staffordshire Figures: Dog baiting Bull (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dog baiting Bull)

Statue of Mithras, 4th century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy
6384411 Statue of Mithras, 4th century AD, marble, National Roman Museum at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy; Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome

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"Bulls: From Ancient Art to Modern Symbolism" From the iconic Lascaux II cave painting replica to the intricate Roman fresco of Mithras Killing the Bull, bulls have captivated human imagination for centuries. These majestic creatures have been depicted in various forms of art, representing power, strength, and even financial markets. In William H. Beard's allegorical painting "Wall Street: Bears & Bulls, " we witness the eternal struggle between these two market forces. The poster for England's Glory Matches showcases a fiery bull as a symbol of explosive energy and determination. But they are not limited to paintings alone; they also make appearances in popular culture. Lara Croft's Land Rover Defender is an epitome of adventure and resilience, just like these magnificent animals themselves. Meanwhile, Highland cows with their impressive horns embody the rugged beauty of Scotland's landscapes. The Hereford Bull & Cow from 1912 remind us of our agricultural roots and the importance of livestock in sustaining communities. And let's not forget about humor - Gillray's Anglo-French caricature adds a touch of satire to our perception of these powerful beasts. Whether it be ancient cave paintings or modern-day posters, bulls continue to inspire awe and fascination across different cultures throughout history. Their presence reminds us that there is something inherently captivating about their raw power and unwavering spirit that transcends time itself.