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

Title: The Dog and the Shadow
Subject: Shadow; Dog; Meat; Bridge; Reflection
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United States; Ancient Greece; Chicago
Description: A dog is standing on a bridge, looking down at the water at its reflection. The dog holds a large piece of meat in its mouth as it bends its head to look closer to the water.
Image Creator: John Greenaway (Engraver); Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend (Translator)
Type: StillImage; Engravings
Identifier: mta:26744
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred and fifty Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1882 Chicago
Image: mta_26744_OBJ.jpg