[title not known] 

Curator: This engraving, attributed to the British School, features a man surrounded by hounds. I find it evokes a sense of pastoral order. Editor: Yes, but that order is deliberately constructed, isn't it? Look at the crisp lines of the architecture versus the soft, almost smudged fur of the dogs. It speaks to class and control, doesn't it? The consumption of land and leisure… Curator: Maybe so, but I still sense a simple pleasure here. I see a man enjoying the company of his dogs on a breezy day. The scene feels so alive. Editor: And yet, the medium itself flattens that life, reducing it to a series of etched lines, impressions made by force. It's a study in power, really, how images are created and consumed. Curator: Perhaps you're right. But it’s also beautiful. Editor: Precisely, and the beauty masks the labor and the resources required to produce it.