Hercules and the Wagoner or Hercules and the Carter is a fable credited to Aesop. It is associated with the proverb "God helps those who help themselves", variations on which are found in other ancien
An illustration of the fable by Walter Crane in Baby's Own Aesop (1887)
Francis Barlow was an English painter, etcher, and illustrator.
Frontispiece: Ogilby's Britannia, Vol. I (1675)
Coursing the Hare, illustration by Barlow to Richard Blome's The Gentleman's Recreation, 1686
The Mice in Council, from Ogilby's translation of Aesop's Fables (1665)
Seuerall wayes of hunting, hawking and fishing according to the English manner, title page; 1671