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Title: The Old Hound
Subject: Old hound; Man; Arrow; Boar; Forest
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: In the foreground, an old hound lies on the ground helpless on the left-hand side of the image. The hound is on its side, looking up at an angry man. The man is bent forward towards the old hound and has a long arrow in his right hand. He is holding the arrow in the direction of the hound, as though he is about the strike him. In the background, a wild boar runs off into the forest.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26109
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1895 London
Image: mta_26109_OBJ.jpg