The Oxen and the Butchers · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Oxen and the Butchers
Subject: Butchers; Oxen; Hills
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United States; Chicago; Ancient Greece
Description: A large group of oxen are gathered together in a field. The biggest ox stands to the left side of the image, while smaller oxen gather to the right of the image, all looking at the bigger ox as though it were their leader. More oxen are seen in the far back. Hills stretch even further in the background.
Image Creator: John Greenaway (Engraver); Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend (Translator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26882
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred and fifty Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1882 Chicago
Image: mta_26882_OBJ.jpg