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The Farmer's Treasure, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Crane, Walter, 1900, Publisher's print
The Farmer's Treasure, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
The Farmer's Treasure, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
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Title
The Farmer's Treasure, illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Description
An old man, lying on a bed, motions with one hand to three younger men at the foot of the bed; another figure also looks on from the head. In the room behind them, leaning beside the door frame, is a collection of agricultural tools. In the background, through the doorway, is a tree and a field, and proud against the horizon, a figure scattering seed. The rhyme reads:
"The Farmer's Treasure
Dig deeply, my sons! Through this field!
There's a treasure - he died: unrevealed
The spot where 'twas laid,
They dug as he bade;
And the treasure was found in the yield.
Productive labour is the only source of wealth."
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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