Farm animals

Special Collections holds 72 beautiful images of G. Pusch and W. Schmidt. Berlin: Paul Paery, 1900-1910. The so-called Wandtafeln zur Beurteilung des Rindes can be seen in the WUR Image Collections in detail.

From: De koe : groot model (half levensgroot), aanschouwelijk uit- en inwendig voorgesteld door beweegbare platen / H.M. Kroon. Deventer :  Kluwer, [ca. 1912]  In the WUR Image Collections you’ll also find drawings of the organs and the muscles of the cow. The plates were used in animal husbandry classes.

From: Aantal stuks pluimvee en schapen per bedrijf per gemeente(n). ‘s-Gravenhage, [ca. 1963]. Speccoll. RKk.III, Nederland

From: C. S. Th. van Gink’s Poultry paintings / C.S.Th. van Gink, A.W. van Wulfften Palthe and P.C.M. Simons. Beekbergen : Dutch Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA), 1992. The book with beautiful poultry paintings by van Gink was presented to the participants of the 19th World’s Poultry Congress, Amsterdam 20-24 sept. 1992.

From: Collection des modèles anatomiques de cheval, vache, mouton et humain  /L.T.J.  Auzoux. [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1876-1891. Since 1876 Wageningen UR has owned paper-mache anatomic models made by Dr Louis Auzoux (1797-1880) including a life-size model of a stallion. The anatomical model of the horse is made of painted paper mache and iron wire. The

From: Handleiding bij het groote model van het paard, aanschouwelijk voorgesteld door vijf beweegbare platen  / Eugenius Antonius Ludovicus Quadekker.  Deventer :  Kluwer, [ca. 1910]  The images of the anatomy of the horse were used in Animal Science education. Quadekker was born in Axel, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, in 1854 and died in 1938 in Nijmegen. Quadekker also published a book about horse races painted by Otto Eerelman.