The Wolf, The Lamb, and The Goat · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Wolf, The Lamb, and The Goat
Subject: Goats; Sheep; Wolves; Parent and child; Adooptive parents; Familial behavior in animals
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: A Wolf encountered a Lamb with a Goat in the forest. Wolf was hostled towards them as he was telling the Lamb that the Goat was not his mother. The Goat remained calm and indifferent when facing his judegment. The Lamb stood firmly in fornt of the Goat and explain the situation. The Lamb firmly believed the effort the Goat dedicated to bring him up proved her as his mother.
Image Creator: Charles Whittingham (Printer);(); Charles Whittingham (Printer); ()
Type: Text; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27990
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27990_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Goats; Sheep; Wolves; Parent and child; Adooptive parents; Familial behavior in animals