The Dog in the Manger · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Dog in the Manger
Subject: Dog; manger; ox; barn; hay
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: In the middle of the image is an ox bending down to look at a dog who is atop a pile of hay in the bottom left corner. The dog is on all four legs, bending down slightly and snarling at the ox. In the left of the background is a barn and the rest of the background is trees and bushes.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27352
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27352_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Dog; manger; ox; barn; hay