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Itinerant vegetable seller reunited with his faithful ass in London. The ass carrying two baskets of produce had run away and been chased by over 50 people. Ass or donkey, Equus africanus asinus. From an anecdote by Swan in John Churchs Cabinet of Quadrupeds, 1805. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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Itinerant vegetable seller reunited with his faithful ass in London. The ass carrying two baskets of produce had run away and been chased by over 50 people. Ass or donkey, Equus africanus asinus. From an anecdote by Swan in John Churchs Cabinet of Quadrupeds, 1805. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.
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7071 x 4170 px | 84.4 MB
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59.9 x 35.3 cm | 23.6 x 13.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ALBION PRESS • ANECDOTE • ANIMAL • ASS • BACKSIDE • BASKETS • BEAST OF BURDEN • BOTTOM • CABINET OF QUADRUPEDS • CHASE • CITY OF LONDON • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • DONKEY • EQUUS AFRICANUS ASINUS • FAITHFUL • GASLIGHT • HANDCOLOURED • INCIDENT • ITINERANT • JAMES CUNDEE • JOHN CHURCH • LONDON • MOB • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURALISTS CABINET, THE • NATURE STUDY • OR INTERESTING SKETCHES OF ANIMAL HISTORY • PACK ANIMAL • PRODUCE • REUNITE • REVEREND THOMAS SMITH • SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION • STREET LIGHT • SUMPTER • SWAN • VEGETABLE SELLER • ZOOLOGY
