The Lioness and the Fox · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Lioness and the Fox
Subject: Lioness; fox
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: In the centre of the image is a fox facing the right looking at a lioness to its right. The fox is standing on all fours with an upright posture and a bushy tail lying on the ground. The lioness looks stoically out at the viewer and not back at the fox. There are many bushes and two palm trees in the background.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27355
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27355_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Lioness; fox