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

Title: The Dog in the Manger
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: London; Ancient Greece
Description: A snarling dog is sitting up in a manger facing an ox who is trying to take some hay from the manger on which the dog is sitting. The ox has a sad expression on its face and through the doorway, a small farmhouse can be seen.
Image Creator: A. Walker (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27542
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_27542_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Dogs; Oxen; Hay; Farmhouses; Domestic animals