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Donkey
182819th century
George Cruikshank, British (English), (1792–1878)
- animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
- donkeys
- satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
- social satire
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George Cruikshank, British (English), (1792–1878) . Donkey, 1828. From Six Illustrations to Cowper’s Diverting History of John Gilpin. Wood engraving on India paper. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1946.D1.36.4. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1946. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .
