A peasant is raising his stick to drive on an ox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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A peasant is raising his stick to drive on an ox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Illustration for the fable "The peasant and the ox" by J. Ogilby

In the background the ox is shown about to be sacrificed on an altar before a circular domed temple

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 24.7 x 19.7 cm

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Fab:11:

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R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 60

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Wellcome Collection 39638i

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