Content: Printed on border: " 'Upon our road,' (from Jerusalem to Bethlehem,) says Dr. Clarke, in his Travels, 'we met an Arab with a goat, which he led about the country for exhibition, in order to gain a livelihood for itself and owner. He had taught this animal, while he accompanied its movements with a song, to mount upon little cylindrical blocks of wood, placed successively one above the other, and in shape resembling the dice-boxes belonging to a backgammon table. In this manner the goat stood, first upon the top of one cylinder, then upon the top of two…" Written on border: "June 9, 1832" Includes additional text. Foxing on image.
Source Note: Penny magazine. (London : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1832-).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 28 x 18 cm. (11 x 6 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17679360
Barcode: 33333159402201
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 72c8a310-c536-012f-aa02-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1832

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Singular dexterity of a goat" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1832. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72c8a310-c536-012f-aa02-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1832). Singular dexterity of a goat Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72c8a310-c536-012f-aa02-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Singular dexterity of a goat" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/72c8a310-c536-012f-aa02-58d385a7bc34

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