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The Ass in the Lion's Skin, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'

Crane, Walter, 1900, Publisher's print
The Ass in the Lion's Skin, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
The Ass in the Lion's Skin, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
The Ass in the Lion's Skin, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
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Item no
40063
Title
The Ass in the Lion's Skin, illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Description
A man in a hat and tunic is pulling a donkey's ear, a stick raised above his head in the other. The donkey, dressed in a lion's skin, bucks in protest, while in the background a flurry of figures react to the scene. A row of columns (with figures hiding behind them) screens the backdrop. The rhyme reads:
"The Ass in the Lion's Skin

What pranks I shall play!" thought the Ass,
"In this skin for a Lion to pass;"
But he left one ear out,
And a hiding, no doubt,
"Lion" had - on the skin of an Ass!

Imposters generally forget something."
Artist / maker
Date
1900
Size
17.8 x 18.8 cm
Location
Art and Design Library
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Digital FileElectronic file 72 dpi JPEG​
£7.32(inc. VAT 20%)
Digital FileElectronic File 300 dpi TIFF​
£37.20(inc. VAT 20%)
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