A dog in the manger is growling at an ox which is driven by a peasant with a stick. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
Date:
1666
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39630i
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Illustration of the fable "The dog in the manger" by J. Ogilby; part of Ogilby's "Aesopicks"

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1666.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 24.8 x 19.7 cm

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Lettering

Fab:2: W. Hollar fecit 1666

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 61

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Wellcome Collection 39630i

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