The Ass Eating Thistles · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Ass Eating Thistles
Subject: Donkey; Herbivores; Tumbleweeds; Hunger
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: A Ass was the solo character on the illustration. His back was loaded with many provision of all sorts. He was mumbling on a fine large Thistle in front of him.
Image Creator: Charles Whittingham (Printer); ()
Type: Text; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27975
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27975_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Donkey; Herbivores; Tumbleweeds; Hunger