Beef Collection (#3)

Vintage Thanksgiving greeting card with illustration of turkey and cows, 1850
2911619 Vintage Thanksgiving greeting card with illustration of turkey and cows, 1850; (add.info.: Vintage Thanksgiving greeting card with illustration of turkey and cows from 19th century)

Chariot of a Gallic king, c.1850-86 (illustration)
8766898 Chariot of a Gallic king, c.1850-86 (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chariot of a Gallic king. From an artwork " Paris costumes during the centuries " Printed)

Cuts of beef in different countries (colour litho)
8663948 Cuts of beef in different countries (colour litho) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cuts of beef in different countries)

View of a street in Jaipur (India) - Second half of the 19th century photography
CSO4984917 View of a street in Jaipur (India) - Second half of the 19th century photography -; (add.info.: View of a street in Jaipur (India) - Second half of the 19th century photography

United States of America Independence War (1775-1783): Minutemen brings the gunpowder for the Battle of Bunker Hill
NWI4842949 United States of America Independence War (1775-1783): Minutemen brings the gunpowder for the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775

Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2
FLO4620567 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

Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. Craft crushing and threshing of wheat by board pulled by a pair of
LUX4764684 Greece, Niepili, CR, Niepili: Oriental life scene. Craft crushing and threshing of wheat by board pulled by a pair of oxen. Animated scene. Pair of oxen, yokes, windmill Cretan

Greece, Nevkales, Crete: scene of oriental life, plowing, crew of oxen and mules for plowing
LUX4764517 Greece, Nevkales, Crete: scene of oriental life, plowing, crew of oxen and mules for plowing. Pair of oxen, yoke and wooden plow, 1908; (add.info.: Greece, Nevkales)

Brazil around 1900, oxcart (photo)
PCT4256502 Brazil around 1900, oxcart (photo); 4 x 4 cm; © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Diligence convoy crossing a stream to escape a
NWI4888963 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Diligence convoy crossing a stream to escape a fire

History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Death of an ox pulling a diligence west
NWI4886947 History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Death of an ox pulling a diligence west. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Trip in diligences on the national road, 19th century
NWI4886812 History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Trip in diligences on the national road, 19th century

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers emigrated to the Mississippi Valley
NWI4888993 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers emigrated to the Mississippi Valley early in the 19th century

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: on the Place champs de Mars of the old Tours, walk with cattle, 1895
LUX4752139 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: on the Place champs de Mars of the old Tours, walk with cattle, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Romanesque art: The Chapel of St. Catherine, Voute in the cradle breeze, the Childhood of Christ, the Passion
JEB4925492 Romanesque art: The Chapel of St. Catherine, Voute in the cradle breeze, the Childhood of Christ, the Passion, the Last Judgment and Christ in the Majestic

Beef. 15th century stall adorned with Misericordes de l'abbey Saint Pierre (12th-18th century)
JEB4919026 Beef. 15th century stall adorned with Misericordes de l'abbey Saint Pierre (12th-18th century) in Chezal-Benoit (Chezal Benoit), Cher (18160), Centre, France

France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35): Canal du Redon in Rennes, the passage of the ferry with oxen and cart, 1895
LUX4775677 France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35): Canal du Redon in Rennes, the passage of the ferry with oxen and cart, 1895; (add.info.: France, Brittany)

Musk beef (Ovibos moschatus). Chromolithography by Heinrich Garden (1858-1935)
FLO4639384 Musk beef (Ovibos moschatus). Chromolithography by Heinrich Garden (1858-1935) (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company)

The Pagoda of the Brihadesvara Temple (or Rajarajeshvaram Temple) in Tanjavur, Tanjore, India
FLO4634049 The Pagoda of the Brihadesvara Temple (or Rajarajeshvaram Temple) in Tanjavur, Tanjore, India. Lithography for the book

Indian tank, fire by oxen. Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples
FLO4634032 Indian tank, fire by oxen. Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie" by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863)

A tiger grabbing an ox in a trail. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by
XEE4124028 A tiger grabbing an ox in a trail. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson (on hunts in the British Indies in the 19th century)

Letters A and B: ostrich, plane, ene, agent, automobile, bilboquet, balloon, ball, bicycle, beef, sheep, boat
DUV4208297 Letters A and B: ostrich, plane, ene, agent, automobile, bilboquet, balloon, ball, bicycle, beef, sheep, boat, 1931 (engraving) by Neziere

A gaucho roasting a piece of beef (b/w photo)
8635674 A gaucho roasting a piece of beef (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A gaucho roasting a piece of beef)

Standing Rock Agency, issuing beef to Indians (b/w photo)
8653019 Standing Rock Agency, issuing beef to Indians (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Standing Rock Agency, issuing beef to Indians)

Mould of Beef (colour litho)
8643662 Mould of Beef (colour litho) by Handforth, William Bradshaw (1859-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mould of Beef)

A tiger grabbing an ox in a trail. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by
XEE4124035 A tiger grabbing an ox in a trail. Engraving by Samuel Howett (1756-1822) in " Oriental field sports" by Thomas Williamson (on hunts in the British Indies in the 19th century)

A hitch in Shanghai (China)
JAB4121514 A hitch in Shanghai (China).; (add.info.: A hitch in Shanghai (China).); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Woman of Burmese Lord. Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779). Engraving 1835
JAB4121313 Woman of Burmese Lord. Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779). Engraving 1835; (add.info.: Woman of Burmese Lord. Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779). Engraving 1835); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), La Ruchere: massif of the Chartreuse, La Ruchere
LUX4795993 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), La Ruchere: massif of the Chartreuse, La Ruchere, scene of agricultural life: a man leads a pair of oxen on a snowy path, 1900; (add.info.: France)

United States, State of Connecticut: migration of Puritan families. Settlers traveling to the Connecticut River Valley
NWI4964747 United States, State of Connecticut: migration of Puritan families. Settlers traveling to the Connecticut River Valley to settle in Wethersfield and Windsor in 1635

Virgin and Child, detail: Nativite (left panel upper panels). Painting by Giovanni Del Biondo (ca. 1356-1398), 1345
JEB4897778 Virgin and Child, detail: Nativite (left panel upper panels). Painting by Giovanni Del Biondo (ca. 1356-1398), 1345. Polyptych. Italian altarpiece. Dim: 60x40cm. Oil on wood

Peasant using a water buffalo to plow rice in China. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4864097 Peasant using a water buffalo to plow rice in China. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Peasant using a water buffalo to plow rice in China)

Civilization of Antiquity: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (v.520/v.430 BC), Roman consul
NWI4911050 Civilization of Antiquity: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (v.520/v.430 BC), Roman consul, engaged in agricultural tasks when the Senators (Senate of the Roman Empire)

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Children of pioneers bringing cows back to
NWI4887627 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Children of pioneers bringing cows back to the farm in the southern Appalachians

A convoy crosses the Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina, circa 1880 - Colorisee engraving
NWI4889229 A convoy crosses the Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina, circa 1880 - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - Wagon passing the Lover's Leap rock formation

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Beef drinking water from a river during a
NWI4888513 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Beef drinking water from a river during a laying during the voyage of a diligence west

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers with a cart drawn by oxen plow a
NWI4888482 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers with a cart drawn by oxen plow a field of the Mississippi prairies, 19th century

Roman sacrificial offering. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture
FLO4704697 Roman sacrificial offering. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900
LUX4778487 Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile)

Sacred bull ready for sacrifice. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical
FLO4703835 Sacred bull ready for sacrifice. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

The royal kitchen at Windsor Castle
2628257 The royal kitchen at Windsor Castle.; (add.info.: The royal kitchen at Windsor Castle with the chef roasting a large beef joint. Dated 1880.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Fable de La Fontaine "The frog and the beef" illustrated by Godefroy, from a collection by the Maison Quinn
PCT4294041 Fable de La Fontaine "The frog and the beef" illustrated by Godefroy, from a collection by the Maison Quinn

Comparison between a man's head and that of an ox or a cow in "Treats de la physiognomy de l'homme
PCT4296439 Comparison between a man's head and that of an ox or a cow in "Treats de la physiognomy de l'homme compararee to that of animals" or "Dissertation sur un Treat

A Khoikhoi woman and her child riding an ox. Underneath, a khoikhoi family traveling
FLO4635321 A Khoikhoi woman and her child riding an ox. Underneath, a khoikhoi family traveling, the wife and child has beef and the man on foot

Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe
FLO4620393 Weapons of the Malagasy people of Madagascar, men with bow, arrow, shield, quiver, and axe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Illustration for "Alphabet Buffon", 1911 (engraving)
DUV4210782 Illustration for "Alphabet Buffon", 1911 (engraving); 29.5x21.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Xandarus (beef). Engraving in " Alphabet Buffon"

"Will I have thick or clear, beef or mutton, sweet or cheese?" (litho)
8630591 "Will I have thick or clear, beef or mutton, sweet or cheese?" (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Will I have thick or clear)

The Meat Seller, from a book on the street calls of Peking, c.1785 (w/c & gouache on paper)
CHT206322 The Meat Seller, from a book on the street calls of Peking, c.1785 (w/c & gouache on paper) by Chinese School (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

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"Beef: A Savory Journey Through Time and Culture" Step right up to the poster of "The Vegetabull, " a whimsical representation of beef's power and versatility. From the succulent cuts showcased in the Beef Cuts Diagram 1855, to the majestic Domestic Cattle like Limousin and Haltcliffe Vermount pedigree bull, it has always been at the center of our culinary world. Travel back in time to a quaint Butchers Shop on High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. The aroma of freshly cut meat fills the air as customers eagerly await their favorite cuts. An advertisement from the American Meat Institute in 1945 reminds us that beef was not just sustenance but also an essential part of American culture. Venturing across oceans, we find ourselves on a picturesque quayside at Castletownbere, Co. Cork, Ireland. Here, fishermen unload their catch - including prized Irish beef - ready to be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. In Kansas City's stockyard scene, bustling with activity and anticipation, we witness firsthand how domestic cattle such as Galloway cows graze peacefully before becoming nourishment for families around the world. Market reports come alive as an English Country Squire expertly carves into tender slices for his eager guests. This timeless tradition showcases both skillful craftsmanship and appreciation for quality produce. Nature's beauty unfolds in Powys, Wales where a Hereford bull stands majestically amidst lush hill pastures on an organic farm, and is here that sustainable farming practices meet exceptional taste – a true testament to mankind's harmonious relationship with nature. Journeying further eastward brings us to Lombardy, Italy where Bresaola reigns supreme. This air-dried salted beef delicacy from Valtellina tantalizes taste buds while reminding us that even centuries-old traditions can still captivate modern palates.