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'The Pig', c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Pig, c1850. The central image shows a sow and piglets. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): a swineherd with pigs in a forest to eat acorns, exercising rights of panage; hunting wild boar with dogs; a farmhouse kitchen with hams hanging from the rafters and a woman serving a leg of pork, while on the table are a pork pie and  a roast suckling pig; a house painter using a brush of pig bristle; an artist using a brush of pig bristle; a broom seller; pigskin for making saddles; export of bacon and lard; pigs at a market. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850).
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Title:
'The Pig', c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Caption:
The Pig, c1850. The central image shows a sow and piglets. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): a swineherd with pigs in a forest to eat acorns, exercising rights of panage; hunting wild boar with dogs; a farmhouse kitchen with hams hanging from the rafters and a woman serving a leg of pork, while on the table are a pork pie and a roast suckling pig; a house painter using a brush of pig bristle; an artist using a brush of pig bristle; a broom seller; pigskin for making saddles; export of bacon and lard; pigs at a market. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850).
Credit:
Album / Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images
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Image size:
4499 x 3881 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
38.1 x 32.9 cm | 15.0 x 12.9 in (300 dpi)