Boar Collection

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork of horses painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France, the site of the earliest known cave paintings (as of 2011)

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork of fighting rhinoceroses painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Christmas scene with Santa Claus and yule log. There are rabbit musicians, geese pulling the log, a pudding, a boars head, and people carrying flaming torches. 19th century

Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape
CH11386 Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638); Private Collection; (add.info)

Wild Boar in Woods
A herd of wild boar wander through the woods. One stops to eat

Edward VIII Hunting
EDWARD VIII, When Prince of Wales, photographed in India with some of the Bag after a successful days Pig Sticking (hunting wild boar)

The Farming Year by Pauline Baynes
The Farming Year, painted in the style of a medieval stained glass window by Pauline Baynes, showing the agricultural activities of a farmer of the Middle Ages month by month

Pig / Hampshire Boar
SSG-3269 PIG - British Saddleback Boar Ardea London Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Gladiators fighting wild animals in Pompeii ampitheatre
Interior of Pompeii ampitheatre during the Games. Naked gladiators battle wild animals, bulls, boars and tigers in the arena as part of a Venatio

Picture No. 10922618
Wild Boar - male in rut. Haute Saone, France. (Sus scrofa). Date:

Poster, Arcachon, France, a town for winter and summer, Chemins de Fer du Midi - casinos, beach, forest, hunting, fishing, regattas, races, pigeon shooting, golf. Date: circa 1895

Scene of wild boar hunt, mosaic uncovered in Merida (Augusta
Scene of wild boar hunt, mosaic uncovered in Merida, Spain. Roman, 4th century. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Picture No. 11672874
Wild Boar sow suckling piglet. Date:

Picture No. 10922281
Wild Boar - babies / piglets. Haute Saone, France. (Sus scrofa). Date:

MYTHOLOGY: FRO (FREYR). Nordic-Germanic goddess of fertility, of the sun and rain. Line engraving, 19th century

Wild Pig - sow alert on forest track Hessen, Germany
USH-2723 Wild Pig - sow alert on forest track Hessen, Germany Sus scrofa Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein (engraving)
7197475 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sanglier; Wild-boar; Wildschwein)

The Red-river Hog, 1865 (colour litho)
780852 The Red-river Hog, 1865 (colour litho) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99); 24.5x34.7 cm; Zoological Society of London; (add.info.: Potamochoerus penicillatus ); eZoological Society of London; German

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1932
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1932 with an illustration of a lively medieval banquet, with a jester ushering an enormous boars head on a platter. Date: 1932

Cave painting of a boar, artwork
Cave painting of a boar. Artwork of a cave painting found on the roof of the Altamira Cave in northern Spain, which was inhabited during the the Upper Palaeolithic period

A Visit to the Irish Pig! With reflections Physical & Moral
George III, accompanied by the Lord Chamberlain Salisbury, inspects a gigantic pig. Salisbury announces That Pig is the Tallest Fittest Properest Pig to stand before the K[ing]

The Charming Brute (colour etching)
XCF290990 The Charming Brute (colour etching) by English School, (18th century); 32.5x25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Sus moupinensis, wild hog
Plate 80 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)

Lady Cook & Boars Head
The cook bears in the Boars Head

Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' on a hunt (colour litho)
8663532 Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' on a hunt (colour litho) by Vasnetsov, Victor Mikhailovich (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vladimir II Monomakh)

Secretarybird, brown rat, wild boar and mouse (colour litho)
8677384 Secretarybird, brown rat, wild boar and mouse (colour litho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.:s for secretaire (secretarybird), surmulot (brown rat)

Attacks by a boar - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving)
ICA4949867 Attacks by a boar - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc.

Fibula with representations of animals and an ornamental object (7th c. BC)
CUL4934238 Fibula with representations of animals and an ornamental object (7th c. BC); (add.info.: Hallstatt Culture. Iron Age. Decorative Arts. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia); AIC.

Prehistory: Hunting in the Iron Age. Engraving from 1870
THT4305860 Prehistory: Hunting in the Iron Age. Engraving from 1870.; (add.info.: Prehistory: Hunting in the Iron Age. Engraving from 1870.); © Jacques Marthelot. All rights reserved 2024.

Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century (circa 1900)
PCT4296255 Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan, early 20th century (circa 1900); (add.info.: Iran, art of qalamkar: detail of an Iranian textile piece from Isfahan)

Wild animals in the world (seal, walrus, whale, hippo, elephant, rhinoceros, zebra, boar, phacochere, deer, caribou)
NWI4955712 Wild animals in the world (seal, walrus, whale, hippo, elephant, rhinoceros, zebra, boar, phacochere, deer, caribou, suede, deer, antelope...)

Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia
FLO4722961 Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia. The king hunting deer and boar 1, and the coronation of Shapur III with his father Shapur II, 2

Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant)
FLO4722837 Common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus. From Francois Le Vaillant (Levaillant, 1753-1824) Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

The return of the wild boar hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by
XEE4124008 The return of the wild boar hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson (on hunts in the British Indies in the 19th century)

Peacock hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson
XEE4124073 Peacock hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson (on hunts in the British Indies in the 19th century) in 1807; (add.info)

Meleagre presents to the virgin huntress Atalanta the head of the Calydonian Boar. Copperplate engraving by W
FLO4607684 Meleagre presents to the virgin huntress Atalanta the head of the Calydonian Boar. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by C

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Saint-Die: Officers in uniform pose a young boar with their mascot, 1895 - regiment no
LUX4769183 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Saint-Die: Officers in uniform pose a young boar with their mascot, 1895 - regiment no

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Saint-Die: Officers in uniform pose a young boar with their mascot, 1895 - regiment n 10
LUX4769176 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Saint-Die: Officers in uniform pose a young boar with their mascot, 1895 - regiment n 10; (add.info.: France, Lorraine, Vosges (88)

The return of the wild boar hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by
XEE4124019 The return of the wild boar hunt. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson (on hunts in the British Indies in the 19th century)

Beaten in the sugar canes to bring out a boar. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822)
XEE4124003 Beaten in the sugar canes to bring out a boar. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson

Letter S: WISDOM is a rare good and wants to be conquered, nefaste is his rival: it is called SOTTISE
DUV4206642 Letter S: WISDOM is a rare good and wants to be conquered, nefaste is his rival: it is called SOTTISE. Engraving in " ABC. Alphabet of good advice and mistakes to avoid". Ch

Boar (Sus scrofa), female and young, hiding from hunters with horses and spear weapons
FLO4651198 Boar (Sus scrofa), female and young, hiding from hunters with horses and spear weapons. Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart

Boar (Sus scrofa). Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart
FLO4651190 Boar (Sus scrofa). Copper engraving by William Lizars, based on a drawing by James Stewart, published in the Naturalist Library: mammals, pachyderms and quadrupedes with fine skin

An engraving depicting a boar hunt in Ceylon, 19th century
5311014 An engraving depicting a boar hunt in Ceylon, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1815); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331064 The 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the 'Great Eastern' used during the creation of the Atlantic)

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"Unleashing the Wild Spirit: A Glimpse into the Boar's Timeless Legacy" From Stone-age cave paintings in Chauvet, France to gladiators battling wild animals in Pompeii's amphitheater, the boar has left an indelible mark on human history. These majestic creatures have captivated our imagination for centuries, symbolizing strength, resilience, and untamed wilderness. In the depths of Chauvet's caves, where ancient artists meticulously depicted their world with ochre pigments, we find stunning renderings of boars roaming freely amidst a prehistoric landscape. These primal artworks transport us back thousands of years and remind us of our deep-rooted connection with nature. Moving forward through time, Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape reveal how boars were woven into folklore and idioms. Their presence evokes notions of stubbornness or recklessness - traits that both fascinate and caution us even today. Fast-forwarding to more recent times, Edward VIII Hunting showcases the regal pursuit of these magnificent beasts by British royalty. The thrill of the chase intertwined with tradition paints a vivid picture of aristocratic pastimes that still resonate within certain circles. Meanwhile, Pauline Baynes' masterpiece "The Farming Year" captures boars as part of rural life cycles; they represent abundance during harvest seasons while embodying challenges faced by farmers throughout history. This timeless depiction reminds us that humans have always relied on nature's bounty for survival. Even modern-day festivities like Christmas incorporate elements from ancient lore – Santa Claus himself is said to ride alongside yule logs pulled by magical flying reindeer – perhaps echoing those early encounters between man and beast in primeval forests. Whether it be witnessing wild boars roam through dense woods or observing gladiators confront them in fierce battles at Pompeii’s amphitheater – these awe-inspiring creatures continue to ignite our fascination with the untamed. Picture No.