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Description: | A pig and driver are on the long trek to market. There were no fast lorries in Bewick's time for transporting stock! The farmer ensures the pig, a very valuable animal, won't escape. It is shackled by the leg and watched over by the dog. Some trial initial letters along the bottom of the drawing are probably intended for an unrelated copper engraving. A typical example of Bewick's dislike of wasting paper! The pig is a 'sow of the Improved Breed' as seen in his book, 'Quadrupeds' (1820), p.165, and reportedly capable of producing three litters within ten months! | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1790 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Thomas Bewick | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discoveringb... | Go to resource |
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