A man is packing coffers on to a horse while an ass is lying dead and flayed in the background; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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[1665]
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39697i
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A man is packing coffers on to a horse while an ass is lying dead and flayed in the background; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Fable of the horse and laden ass by J. Ogilby. The horse refuses to share the burden borne by the ass. The ass dies under its weight, and the horse then has to carry the burden anyway, and the weight of the ass's hide

The coffers are wrapped in the dead horse's hide

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[London] : [J. Ogilby], [1665]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 22.5 x 17.3 cm

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Lettering

Bears number: 47

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Wellcome Collection 39697i

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