Osborne bull Osborne bull The Osborne bull () is a high black silhouetted image of a bull in semi-profile. Nowadays the conservation of the bulls is handled by the family of Félix Tejada. The Osborne sherry company (founded by Thomas Osborne Mann in 1772) erected large images of bulls starting in 1956 to advertise their "Brandy de Jerez". The images were black (with the brand ""Veterano"" in red on it) advertising boards located near major roads throughout Spain. The original image was smaller and slightly different in design. The current larger image was created to comply with a law that prohibited advertising
The Young Bull in the Louvre for 20 years. Livestock analysts have noted from the depiction of the various parts of the anatomy that it appears to be a composite of studies of six different animals of widely different ages. Like the equally life-size bird in "The Threatened Swan", the bull can also function as a symbol of the Dutch Republic. Probably not until "Whistlejacket", a painting of an English racehorse of a century later, is an equally monumental animal portrait to be found. The Young Bull The Young Bull () or The Bull () is an oil painting of a bull by