Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Subject matches "Lions" or its children
Back to search results
The Cock, the Ass and the Lion; The Ass and the Lap Dog
Crane, Walter, 1900, Publisher's print
Item
of 31
The Cock, the Ass and the Lion; The Ass and the Lap Dog
The Cock, the Ass and the Lion; The Ass and the Lap Dog
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Library Item
Item no
40086
Title
The Cock, the Ass and the Lion; The Ass and the Lap Dog. Illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Description
In the top left of the page a donkey lifts its head to the sky to bray. Behind it, on the ledge of an outbuilding, a cockerel spreads its wings and is framed by the light. The rhyme is inset in a banner-like form, and above it runs a lion. The rhyme reads:
"The Cock, the Ass and the Lion
The ass gave a horrible bray,
Cock crowed; lion scampered away;
Ass judged he was scared
By the bray, and so dared
To pursue; lion ate him they say.
Don't take all the credit to yourself."
In the lower half of the page, a man with a dog on his lap is pushing away a donkey that is attempting to climb up on him too. Approaching the couch is a second man, who is reaching for the donkey's tail and holding a stick. Cropped on the left of the picture is a large vase with leaves - and leaf motifs also fan out from behind the donkey and the man on the couch. The rhyme reads:
"The Ass and the Lap Dog
"How master that little dog pets!"
Thinks the ass; and with jealousy frets,
So he climbs master's knees,
Hoping dog-like to please,
And a drubbing is all that he gets.
Asses must not expect to be fondled."
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.
Exhibitions with this item
Baby's Own Aesop
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
Animals
>
Birds
>
Chickens
Animals
>
Mammals
>
Dogs
Animals
>
Mammals
>
Donkeys
Animals
>
Mammals
>
Lions
Clothing and dress
>
Accessories
>
Hats
Clothing and dress
>
Garments
>
Classical
Furnishings
>
Ornamentation
>
Vases
People
>
Adults
>
Men
Plants
>
Parts
>
Leaves
More like this
Rights and purchasing
Option
Price
Digital File
Electronic file 72 dpi JPEG
£6.10
(inc. VAT 20%)
Add
Digital File
Electronic File 300 dpi TIFF
£31.00
(inc. VAT 20%)
Add
You can view and use digital images for personal and educational use. For more information, read our
policy on image use
.
If you wish to use our images for commercial use, please
contact us
.