1-158-948 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'The Ass', c1850. The central image shows the ass or donkey (Equus asinus). Surrounding vignettes show animals (clockwise from top left): carrying panniers; giving rides at the seaside; being milked; used as a pack animal; being ridden; pulling a cart for a costermonger selling vegetables and donkey skin used to make whips; donkey skin used by the French for drumskins; used as pack animals in mining districts. From Graphic Illustrations of Animals and Their Utility to Man published by Thomas Varty. (London, c1850).