The Old Hound. Other Titles: The Old Dog and his Master. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Old Hound. Other Titles: The Old Dog and his Master.
Subject: hounds; aged; olden; dogs; canines; hunting; man
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; London (England); United Kingdom
Description: There is what appears to be older hound and a man with a stick as the right center focus of the image. There are two slimmer, and what appears to be younger hounds, chasing an animal with horns in the lower valley of the image, on the left side of the image. The area that the event of the image is happening is fenced in. The man appears to be about to beat the hound, with the stick he has in his hand, which is raised above his head and over the hound. The man is wearing a hat and has a horn draped across his side. Behind the man are some trees with foliage.
Image Creator: A.Walker (Engraver);Anonymous (Original Illustrator); A.Walker (Engraver); Anonymous (Original Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Etching, Engraving
Identifier: mta:28188
Language: eng
Source Name: Fables Translated from AEsop and Other Authors
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_28188_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: hounds; aged; olden; dogs; canines; hunting; man