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Hercules and the Waggoner, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Crane, Walter, 1900, Publisher's print
Hercules and the Waggoner, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Hercules and the Waggoner, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
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Title
Hercules and the Waggoner, illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Description
A waggoner, on one knee in the mud with his arms outstretched, pleads to a statue of Hercules who is cradling some apples. Behind the waggoner, his cart is stuck in the mud and the two oxen cannot pull it out. They are transporting two butchered pigs, and in the distance the road winds on into mountains. A sunset bathes the scene in pink. The rhyme reads,
"Hercules and the Waggoner
When the god saw the waggoner kneel,
Crying, "Hercules! Lift me my wheel
From the mud, where 'tis stuck!"
He laughed, "No such luck;
Set your shoulder yourself to the wheel."
The gods help those who help themselves."
Artist / maker
Crane, Walter
Date
1900
Size
17.8 x 18.8 cm
Type
Publisher's print
Location
Art and Design Library
Illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop', a book for the nursery created by Walter Crane (1845 - 1915), and first published in 1887.
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Baby's Own Aesop
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