Hercules and the Carter · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Hercules and the Carter
Subject: Horse; Cart; Hercules; Man; Strength
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: In the foreground a man lay crouched on the ground alongside a pathway seemingly in defeat. Behind him is a cart with two horses attached at the front of which appear not to be moving. In the background on the right is Hercules trying to pull the cart and help the man, holding rope in his hands and pulling with great force.
Image Creator: Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (Illustrator); Edward Garrett (Editor)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27427
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables.
Parent Collection: E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868)
Image: mta_27427_OBJ.jpg