A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 510
rst edition of the Quadrupeds,perhaps affords the best specimen of Bewicks peculiar talent of depict-ing such subjects; he faithfully represents Nature, and at the sametime conveys a moral, which gives additional interest to the sketch.Though the ass remains immoveable, in spite of the application… … sists as much in having caught an ass as in the prospect of a rideTo such characters the stubborn ass frequently affords more amusementthan a willing goer ; they like to flog and thump a thing well, thoughit be but a gate-post. The gallows in the distance—a favourite interrorem object with…
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