2-720-244 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Farmer's Boy with his master's dogs, c1881. 'When I was a farmer, a Farmer's Boy, I used to keep my master's dogs'. The Farmer's Boy, wearing a smock, stands deferentially in front of his employer who is being served a meal on the lawn. From "The Farmer's Boy" written and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. [Originally published in 1881 as part of Caldecott's 'Picture Books' series]