The Dog and His Shadow · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Dog and His Shadow
Subject: Meat; Dog; Shadow
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: A dog is crossing a water stream on a small wooden plank, looking down in the water. The dog sees its reflection in the water and drops in the piece of meat he had been holding in his mouth.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26164
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London
Image: mta_26164_OBJ.jpg