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Description: | Although the cask is empty, the old woman can smell the lingering aroma of the good wine she appreciated in her younger days. The fable is telling us that old minds can still appreciate good things if they have been educated in youth. Behind the woman is an interesting background scene with people strolling, a horse-drawn carriage, and an elegant house with two bricked-up windows. These reflect the unpopular 'window tax' whereby taxes were raised according to the number of windows a house had. The engraving is from Bewick's book, 'Fables of Aesop' (1818), p.137. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1818 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Thomas Bewick | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discoveringb... | Go to resource |
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