A fox hound berating a mastiff chained to a kennel

A mastiff chained to a kennel arguing with a hunting hound. The fox hound complains that the guard dog is fed with meat from the chase despite doing nothing. Mastiff and hound. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811

Aesop Complaint Educational Fable Fables Of Aesop Fabulist Field Sports Gaius Julius Phaedrus Gay And Phaedrus Greek Author Hound John Gay Kennel Mastiff Moral Moral Tale New Work Of Animals Samuel Howitt

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