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Bactrian Collection

Background imageBactrian Collection: Bactrian Camel. Ukraine

Bactrian Camel. Ukraine
Bactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus) at the Genoese Fortress. Sudak. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine

Background imageBactrian Collection: Novelty Camel Early C18

Novelty Camel Early C18
A bactrian or two-humped camel not a dromedary as billed on this flyer. This camel was displayed with her young betwixt the Queens Head & Crooked Billet, Fleet bridge

Background imageBactrian Collection: Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, marries Roxana

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, marries Roxana
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon, weds Roxana, daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian chief whom he had defeated but now made an ally, 327 BC

Background imageBactrian Collection: Arabian camel and critically endangered Bactrian camel

Arabian camel and critically endangered Bactrian camel
Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius, and critically endangered Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus. Chromolithograph from Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History (Naturgeschichte), Schreiber

Background imageBactrian Collection: Dromedary and Bactrian camel, critically endangered

Dromedary and Bactrian camel, critically endangered
Dromedary, Camelus dromedarius, and Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus, critically endangered. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Men

Background imageBactrian Collection: Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus

Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus (Dromadaire a deux bosses). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andreas Hoffer after an illustration after nature by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang

Background imageBactrian Collection: Turkey (1839). Istanbul

Turkey (1839). Istanbul
Ottoman Empire (1839). Istanbul. Fountain of Amet III. Litography. TURKEY. THRACE. Istanbul. Library of Ahmed III (Topkapi Palace)

Background imageBactrian Collection: Beijing, China - Dongbianmen corner tower and city walls

Beijing, China - Dongbianmen corner tower and city walls. A Bactrian Camel caravan passes by... Date: circa 1906

Background imageBactrian Collection: Russian Hunter-Scouts of the Turkestan Battalion

Russian Hunter-Scouts of the Turkestan Battalion. Date: 1904

Background imageBactrian Collection: China - Gobi Desert - Bactrian Camel train

China - Gobi Desert - Bactrian Camel train
China - Gobi Desert - part of a Bactrian Camel train. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBactrian Collection: Persepolis. Relief of the stairs of the Apadana. Detail. Del

Persepolis. Relief of the stairs of the Apadana. Detail. Del
Persian Art. Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC). Persepolis. Relief of the stairs of the Apadana. Detail. Delegation: Bactria offering

Background imageBactrian Collection: Bactrian camel

Bactrian camel
The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large, even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia. Artist: Berenice Butler Date: 1923

Background imageBactrian Collection: Book of Hours of Marguerite d Orl顮s. ca. 1430

Book of Hours of Marguerite d Orl顮s. ca. 1430
Book of Hours of Marguerite d Orl顮 s. ca. 1430. Fol. 174. Mary Magdalene. Margin miniatures with Journey to the Country of Prester John. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE

Background imageBactrian Collection: PAKISTAN. PUNJAB. Taxila. Archaeological site. 6th

PAKISTAN. PUNJAB. Taxila. Archaeological site. 6th c. B.C. - 2nd c. A.D. Hindu art. Gandharan period. Architecture

Background imageBactrian Collection: China - a caravan of Bactrian camels - Beijing

China - a caravan of Bactrian camels - Beijing. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBactrian Collection: Beijing, China - Bactrian Camels by the City Walls

Beijing, China - Bactrian Camels by the City Walls Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBactrian Collection: Beijing, China - Bactrian Camel Train

Beijing, China - Bactrian Camel Train Date: circa 1910s

Background imageBactrian Collection: The 12th-century Pagoda of Tianning Temple, Beijing, China

The 12th-century Pagoda of Tianning Temple, Beijing, China Date: circa 1920

Background imageBactrian Collection: Riding on a Bactrian Camel - London Zoo

Riding on a Bactrian Camel - London Zoo
Three Children riding on the back of a Bactrian Camel (including a little lad riding on the neck of the poor old beast!) at the London Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London

Background imageBactrian Collection: Two types of camel

Two types of camel: Dromedary (left) and Bactrian (right)


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