Biting Collection (#4)

British bulldog sinking its teeth into the leg of Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic (Transvaal)
6031963 British bulldog sinking its teeth into the leg of Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic (Transvaal), Boer War propaganda (chromolitho) by English School

Cleopatra (69-30 BC) (charcoal on paper)
BAT192575 Cleopatra (69-30 BC) (charcoal on paper) by Buonarroti, Michelangelo (1475-1564); Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy; Photo eNicol Orsi Battaglini; Italian, out of copyright

Horses Fighting, 1791 (oil on canvas)
BSA101189 Horses Fighting, 1791 (oil on canvas) by Stubbs, George (1724-1806); 63.5x127 cm; Private Collection; eThe British Sporting Art Trust; English, out of copyright

Biting stone-crop, Sedum acre. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Extraordinary and Fatal Combat, 1830 (coloured litho)
GHL185498 Extraordinary and Fatal Combat, 1830 (coloured litho) by English School, (19th century); width: 39 cm; London Metropolitan Archives

Does it bite? (colour litho)
2800887 Does it bite? (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Does it bite? Illustration from Young England, July 1880.); © Look and Learn

A battle with a shark (colour litho)
2777871 A battle with a shark (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A battle with a shark. Dr)

Miss Jessie Bond in Gilbert and Sullivans The Sorcerer
Miss Jessie Bond, actress and singer, in Gilbert and Sullivans The Sorcerer - The Theatre Magazine, February 1885. 1885

Curtis British Entomology Plate 379
Coleoptera: Scaphidium 4-maculatum = Scaphidium quadrimaculatum (Orange-spotted Scaphidium) [Plant: Sedum acre (Biting Stone-crop)] Date: 1824-39

Plate 715. Dogs; Three, Tugging at a Towel, Ike, Maggie, etc. 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950668 Plate 715. Dogs; Three, Tugging at a Towel, Ike, Maggie, etc. 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 17x44.5 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy

Torn by the white bears, through the bars! (colour litho)
2783923 Torn by the white bears, through the bars! (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Torn by the white bears, through the bars)

Moses and the Brazen Serpent, 1640 (oil on panel)
DAY235422 Moses and the Brazen Serpent, 1640 (oil on panel) by Nieulandt, Adriaen I van (1587-1658); 99x123.2 cm; The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio

A fish came along and gave it a sharp nip, illustration from
IL274552 A fish came along and gave it a sharp nip, illustration from The Mischievious Mousie Book, published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1920s (colour litho) by Anderson

Fighting outside Troy, frieze from the Siphnian Treasury, c. 525 BC (marble)
JB331147 Fighting outside Troy, frieze from the Siphnian Treasury, c.525 BC (marble) by Greek, (6th century BC); Archaeological Museum, Delphi

Ms 173 Historiated initial P depicting centaurs, dragons and monsters
JHG182428 Ms 173 Historiated initial P depicting centaurs, dragons and monsters, from Moralia in Job by Pope Gregory the Great (vellum) by French School, (12th century); Bibliotheque Municipale

Visitor Attacked by a Lion in a Menagerie, from Le Petit Parisien
STC373755 Visitor Attacked by a Lion in a Menagerie, from Le Petit Parisien, 12th April 1891 (litho) by Dete, Beltrand and Clair-Guyot, E. (fl)

Wolf Attacking a Man, 400-300 BC (bronze)
499940 Wolf Attacking a Man, 400-300 BC (bronze) by Thracian; h:7.00 w:9.30 d:0.40 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; out of copyright

Voyage Chez Les Tetes-Plates (engraving)
2783270 Voyage Chez Les Tetes-Plates (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Voyage Chez Les Tetes-Plates)

The White Demon carrying off the sleeping Rustam, illustration from the Shahnama
STC153441 The White Demon carrying off the sleeping Rustam, illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abu l-Qasim Manur Firdawsi (c.934-c.1020), the Large Clive Album by Indian School

Lion devouring a horse, 1844 (litho on chine colle on paper)
877300 Lion devouring a horse, 1844 (litho on chine colleon paper) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 31.3x44.9 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

Fierce as conflicting fires the combat burns (engraving)
729585 Fierce as conflicting fires the combat burns (engraving) by Hardy, Heywood (1842-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fierce as conflicting fires the combat burns, And now it rises)

Le Grand Cheval Blanc Des Prairies (engraving)
2783243 Le Grand Cheval Blanc Des Prairies (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Grand Cheval Blanc Des Prairies)

Brave animals (colour litho)
2807671 Brave animals (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brave animals. Two Dogues de Bordeaux setting upon a gang of robbers after they attacked)

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, 1849-50 (oil on panel)
2970052 Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion, 1849-50 (oil on panel) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 43.8x38.1 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Fight between a Lion and a Tiger, 1797 (oil on canvas)
FIT82912 Fight between a Lion and a Tiger, 1797 (oil on canvas) by Ward, James (1769-1859); 101.6x136. cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; English

Peleus and Thetis, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S
LLM438521 Peleus and Thetis, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S. MacColl, published 1894 (digitaly enhanced image) by English School

Dogs Fighting in a Wooded Clearing (oil on canvas)
CH261393 Dogs Fighting in a Wooded Clearing (oil on canvas) by Snyders or Snijders, Frans (1579-1657); 173.4x241.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish, out of copyright

Johnny Mosquito (colour photo)
3096305 Johnny Mosquito (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johnny Mosquito)

Vampire Bats feeding off sleeping humans, c. 1890 (engraving)
2630744 Vampire Bats feeding off sleeping humans, c.1890 (engraving) by Vuillier, Gaston (1847-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vampire bats are bats whose food source is blood)

Pregnant womans craving: the butcher, 19th century (colour litho)
CHT157485 Pregnant womans craving: the butcher, 19th century (colour litho) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79); Ordre National des Pharmaciens, Paris, France; (add.info.: Une envie de femme enceinte)

L Insurrection de l Institut Amphibie or The Pursuit of Knowledge
1275083 L Insurrection de l Institut Amphibie or The Pursuit of Knowledge, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray

The Strife of Lent with Shrove-Tide, c. 1550-60 (oil on panel)
3740459 The Strife of Lent with Shrove-Tide, c.1550-60 (oil on panel) by Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-69); 24x35 cm; Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark; Flemish, out of copyright

Loves Shadow, c. 1867 (oil on panel)
1066106 Loves Shadow, c.1867 (oil on panel) by Sandys, Anthony Frederick Augustus (1829-1904); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

A triton and an ouroboros, illustration "Emblemata"
3512890 A triton and an ouroboros, illustration " Emblemata" (Emblematum libellus) by Andrea Alciati (colour litho) by Italian School

A victim of science. The superintendent of Cincinnati Zoo attacked and injured by a python (colour litho)
2818370 A victim of science. The superintendent of Cincinnati Zoo attacked and injured by a python (colour litho) by Meyer

The Hydrophobic Horse (Colour Litho)
2783788 The Hydrophobic Horse (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The hydrophobic horse)

The Monsters Embrace (Colour Litho)
2778301 The Monsters Embrace (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The monsters embrace)

Great Submarine Battle, late 19th century (w / c)
CHT163000 Great Submarine Battle, late 19th century (w/c) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grande bataille sous-marine)

Saint with Turtle (oil on panel)
BRN195805 Saint with Turtle (oil on panel) by American School; The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; (add.info.: unknown New Mexican Folk artist; ); eBarnes Foundation; American

Combat de Tigres et de Lions, (oil on canvas)
823509 Combat de Tigres et de Lions, (oil on canvas) by Verboeckhoven, Eugene Joseph (1798-1881); 151x176.5. cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Combat de Tigres et de Lions)

Woman biting the head off a doll (b / w photo)
3091160 Woman biting the head off a doll (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman biting the head off a doll)

The passing cloud (litho)
1090743 The passing cloud (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: The passing cloud)

L ane et le chien (The Donkey and the Dog), published 1756. Creator: Michel Aubert
L ane et le chien (The Donkey and the Dog), published 1756

Chasing closely
Qing Zhao

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"Nature's Lessons: From Lion Cubs to Fools and Friends" Roaring with Pride: Witness the majestic sight of a male lion roaring, while his playful cub bites at his rump. (Picture No. 11073244) A Lesson in Family Bonds: In this captivating image (Picture No. 10872508), an African lion father proudly roars as his mischievous cub playfully nips at his hindquarters. Grooming Love: Two Norwegian Fjord Ponies showcase their affectionate bond by grooming each other, reminding us of the importance of companionship and care. Motherly Love Unleashed: Observe the tender moment between a Haellisches pig sow and her adorable piglet, highlighting the nurturing instinct that exists across species. The Fool's Journey Begins: Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool) symbolizes new beginnings and taking risks, just like biting into life's adventures fearlessly. Jack Russell Mischief: A mischievous Jack Russell terrier can't resist snatching papers from the letterbox, proving that even our furry friends have their own way of having fun. Embracing Foolishness: Tarot Card Fool 17C encourages us to embrace spontaneity and let go of inhibitions, reminding us that sometimes it's okay to be a little foolish in pursuit of happiness. Chew on Happiness: This Labrador dog finds joy in chewing on its favorite toy, teaching us about finding simple pleasures in life. Ancient Connections Revealed:A fascinating Alvarezsaurid bird is captured cleaning the mouth of a Giganotosaurus carolinii dinosaur—an extraordinary example of symbiotic relationships throughout history. Unexpected Encounters:The gripping illustration from "The World in the Hands" depicts a leopard attacking an African man—a reminder that nature can sometimes surprise us with its raw power and unpredictability.