Ass Collection

Landscape by Thomas Gainsborough
An extensive wooded landscape with peasants on a path, a horse at a ford, a cottage beyond, by Thomas Gainsborough RA (1727-1788)

Horseshoer. Coloured engraving (19th c. )
Horseshoer. Coloured engraving (19th c.)

View of Mount Carmel, Israel. Date: early 20th century

Buridans Ass / Arab Myth
Buridans Ass

Satirical ballooning image
A rude satirical image of large and small balloons tied together, lifting a cannon, entitled The Montgolsier. A first rate of the French Aerial Navy. A Fart, an Ass, a Fool, A Monkey, a Nothing. 1783

Comic postcard, Two women in the street Date: 20th century

Palm Sunday, procession of the wooden ass

Doney ears, Ireland
A donkeys ears poke over a corrugated iron fence outside a cottage in Country Clare, Ireland. Date: 1990

One Ass is as Good as Another
Comic Postcard - One Ass is as Good as Another - This lovely lady - a vision in purple and mauve - is fainding far more pleasure channeling her affections toward the flower stall-pulling donkey than

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Boy leans in for a kiss
WW1 era Comic Postcard - A boy leans in for a kiss with his donkey cart-driving girl. She replies with the slightly devastating retort " I can drive one donkey but not two!" Date: circa 1916

Titania and Bottom

Ass dancing with boy

Great Depression (USA) cartoon
Great Depression cartoon. We re on our ass. Here we are together ON OUR ASS. If this depression don t improve, We ll all be forced TO DIGEST GRASS ! Date: 1930s

Ass or donkey, Equus africanus asinus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Equus asinus, African wild ass
African Wild Ass, Equus taeniopus. Fig. 149 page 53 of The Natural History of Animals (class Mammalia; animals which suckle their young) in Word and Picture, Vol

Equus hemionus, Asian wild ass
Tibetan Wild Ass, Equus hemionus. Fig. 151 on page 55 of The Natural History of Animals (class Mammalia) in Word and Picture, Vol. 2 by Carl Christoph Vogt & Friedrich Specht, 1899

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A wild ass. From: Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c. &c : during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820. Date: 1821

Ass on its hind legs

Native of Palestine working with an ox and an ass, Holy Land. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Donkey and foal by a fence
A donkey and her foal standing by a fence, with a windmill in the background. Date: circa early 20th century

Water carriers, Jerusalem
Water carriers in Jerusalem. Date: early 20th century

British sailor on a mule, pushed by Egyptian man
Push on with it, Mohamed -- a British sailor riding on a reluctant white mule, being pushed by a thin Egyptian man. Date: 1916

Native transport in Egypt, consisting of a cart pulled by a donkey. Date: 20th century

Arab boy with donkey, Egypt
An Arab boy in Egypt, sleeping at the side of his donkey. Date: 20th century

Native transport in Cairo, Egypt, consisting of a cart pulled by a donkey. Date: 20th century

Silhouette of a mountain battery in action

Silhouettes of soldiers in wartime
Some of our lads -- silhouettes of soldiers in wartime. Including a piper playing the bagpipes, men standing on guard or chatting, a drummer, men carrying tools and materials for trench digging

Donkey and owl at night
A donkey and owl alone together in the night, the crescent moon and stars shining down on them in this tranquil scene. 1925

Cat piano and animal choir
A cat piano and a choir of animals make up this unusual ensemble. A motely selection of humans also feature-a one legged man plays the cat piano

A medley of Edinburgh musicians

Silhouette of a man riding a donkey
Silhouette of a man riding a rather small donkey

Tom Tom the Pipers Son " Tom with his pipe made such a noise, That he pleased both the girls and boys, And they all stopped to hear him play, Over the hills and far away."

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Fool - donkey
What makes your ears so long ?. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a fool, from a dead goose, via a donkey

The Ass and the Lap-Dog
THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG The ass imitates the behaviour of the little dog to try to win his masters affection

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