Oxen Collection

San Bushmen rock painting, Lesotho, Southern Africa
A stunning rock painting near Hermon (now in Lesotho) drawn by San Bushmen, depicting the hunting of oxen and conflict between two rival tribes

Cincinnatus called from the plough
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC-438 BC) is called from the plough to serve as Roman Consul

Jamaica - Harvesting the Sugar Cane Crop on a large Estate Date: circa 1910s

Ox-pulled wagon - Lipton Tea Company
Colombo, Sri Lanka - a wagon of the Lipton Ltd. Tea company bearing a mass of wooden tea chests and pulled by a pair of white oxen. Date: circa 1910s

Poster advertising Indian State Railways, with a view of the Howrah Bridge, Calcutta. Visit India

Street scene in Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgia
A street scene with oxen and camels in Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgia. Date: circa 1880

Blue Tiles, Avenida Arriaga, Funchal, Madeira
A picture on blue tiles outside the former Ritz Cafe, in the Avenida Arriaga in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. This type of traditional design, on blue and white tin-glazed ceramic tiles

Chandni Chowk market, Delhi, India
View of Chandni Chowk (meaning moonlit square or market), is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Delhi, India. Date: circa 1890s

The Mavrocordato Quarter - Nicosia, Cyprus
The Mavrocordato Quarter - Nicosia (Lefkosia), Cyprus

Druids (ancient Priests) collect mistletoe
The Druids were highly respected by the Britons because of their wisdom and used to collect mistletoe to give to people on feast days

Loading sugar cane in a field, Cuba. Date: circa 1910

Visit to Madeira - Road to the Hotel
Black and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Thessaloniki, Greece - Macedonian Buffalo and Driver Date: circa 1916

Scoppio del Carro - Florence, Italy
Florence - Scoppio del Carro. In Florence (Tuscany, Italy), Easter is celebrated with the Scoppio del Carro, explosion of the cart

Ark of Covenant Restored
The Ark of the Covenant is restored

Logging scene near Auburn, California, USA, known for its California Gold Rush history. Date: circa 1908

Street scene, Canton Grande, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Date: circa 1910

Colombo, Sri Lanka - Lipton Ltd. Tea Company - Maddema Mills - note the ox-pulled tea wagons, each individually numbered (see also: 10296761). Date: circa 1905

Pharaohs Workers - Ancient Egypt - by Fortunino Matania
Workers building a temple or palace for a Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. Date: Unknown, poss. 1920s

Ploughing with oxen in England

Ploughing with oxen in Scotland Victorian period

Oxen train Australia New South Wales NSW probably 1920s taking compressed wool to the railway

Oxen taking compressed wool to railway station, NSW, Australia

Native Life in Duem or Ed Dueim on the White Nile, Sudan Date: circa 1910

Oxen Ploughing
This painting shows a simple farmer, leading his band of oxen for ploughing over a large hilltop. Date: circa 1914

Madeira, Funchal - Oxen carriage
Traditionally, the means of travel in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira, did not include wheeled carriages. The uneven cobbled roadways, steep hills and sharp bends

Spain, Leon. Wall. Engraving, 19th century. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Asturias and Leon, 1867. Date: 2018

Cattle Trough
A large drinking fountain in metropolitan district, erected by the Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association in 1868, providing water to horses, oxen, sheep, dogs and humans. Date: 1868

BOOK OF THE DEAD PLATE 5
Funeral procession : the mummy on a boat-shaped hearse drawn by oxen, the mourning wife kneels beside, a priest officiates in front and mourners follow behind

Traditional Transportation - Covered Ox Cart - Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: 1928

Transport by Ox Cart - Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1922

English Army on the march to Magdala, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Abyssinian War (a rescue mission for the recovery of hostages). British forces took three months to advance across mountainous terrain

Oxen ploughing on the South Downs near Seaford
circa 1910s

c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - riding water buffalo
c.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - men riding oxen water buffalo

c. 1880s South East Asia - Philippines - men ploughing
c.1880s South East Asia - Philippines - men ploughing with oxen

Carriage drawn by oxen, gharry or gharrie, India. Vintage 19th century photograph

Huge logging train of oxen in jungle, Burma India c. 1910
Huge logging train of oxen in the jungle, Burma India c.1910

Man & woman in sledge drawn by bullocks / oxen, Madeira island
Man and woman in a sledge drawn by a pair of bullocks / oxen, Madeira island, Portugal

Historical views of Spain. Bullfighter about to kill a bull with dagger and lance in a bullring with female picador 76, burning heretics at the stake in an Auto da Fe 77

Scenes from the Congo, Africa, 1820
A great man carried by slaves in a palanquin 43, men striking a bargain by breaking a leaf 44, and escaped slave Simmons meeting his father 45. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Austrian farmers on their way to church, 18th century
Austrian farmers in Sunday Best outfits on their way to church, 18th century. Contadini dell Austria che si recano alla chiesa

Portrait of Roman Emperor Severus Alexander
Roman Emperor Severus Alexander, 208-235. Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht

Carroccio, a four-wheeled war altar, with huge vexillum standard, drawn by six oxen, used in battle by the medieval republics of Italy

Egyptian wheat and grape agriculture
Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2, man sowing seed 3 from a box 4, men harvesting wheat with a scythe 5, 6

The Emperor of China in a spring ritual called
The Emperor of China with plough and oxen in a spring ritual called the Feast of Agriculture. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Brazen Sea - Judaism
The Brazen Sea also known as the Molten Sea was a large basin in the Temple in Jerusalem made by Solomon for ablution (ritual washing) of priests

Crossing the beach at Ilhavo, Central Portugal
Crossing the beach in an ox-drawn wagon at Ilhavo, Central Portugal. Date: circa 1905

Praca da Ribeira, Porto, northern Portugal
Praca da Ribeira (Riverside Square), alongside the River Douro, Porto, northern Portugal, with oxen-drawn carts and a narrow street (Rua Sao Joao) sloping up into the city. Date: circa 1905

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