The Farmer and the Dogs

The Farmer and the Dogs
A farmer, during a severe winter, being shut up by the snow in his farmhouse, and sharply pressed for food, which he was unable to get out to procure, began consuming his own sheep. As the hard weather continued, he next ate up his goats. And at last?for there was no break in the weather?he began to eat the oxen. Upon this, the dogs said to one another, "Let us be off, for since the master, as we see, has had no pity on the working oxen, how is it likely he will spare us?"

~ If leaders show no loyalty or compassion toward their most valuable helpers, those who serve them will lose trust and abandon them.

Paper: A2 (420 × 594 mm) Fabriano Accademia 120 gsm
Image size: 230 × 350 mm

Hand-pulled linocut, hand-burnished, no press.
Printed with Caligo oil-based ink.
Original print, not a reproduction.
Slight variation in ink and finish is part of the process, not a flaw.
Edition of 30, numbered and signed.
Unframed, shipped in a protective tube.