The Frogs Desiring a King. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Frogs Desiring a King.
Subject: Frog; Bird; River; Pond; Water; Nature; Heron
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: A large heron stands in motion in the middle of a small river with reeds growing on the side of it. In the river there are many frogs, many in the background, some jumping out of the water and one on the bank closest in the foreground that lies on its back possible dead. There is also a large log in the river floating to the left of the heron. In the heron’s mouth it holds frog with its limbs sticking out.
Image Creator: Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator);Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Spetimus Dalziel (Illustrator);Edward Garrett (Editor); Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator); Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Spetimus Dalziel (Illustrator); Edward Garrett (Editor)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27397
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables.
Parent Collection: E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868); E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868)
Image: mta_27397_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Frog; Bird; River; Pond; Water; Nature; Heron