The Bear and the Bee-hives · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Bear and the Bee-hives
Subject: Bees; Bears; Beehives; Fence
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: A bear rolled over on its back with its hind legs in the air covers its eyes against a swarm of bees. The beehive is split open on the left side of the page. The bear's lower back rests on top of a fence. Another beehive lies broken on the far right of the page.
Image Creator: Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (Illustrator);Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator); Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (Illustrator); Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:27135
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_27135_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Bees; Bears; Beehives; Fence