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

Title: The Eagle and the Fox
Subject: foxes; eagles; birds
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: London (England); Ancient Greece; United Kingdom
Description: There is an eagle with a baby fox in its mouth flying to the nest, where there are baby eagles. A fox with a fire stick in its mouth is at the base of the tree, where the eagle’s nest is. In the eagle’s nest, is the eagle’s babies. The nest and the tree is on fire due to the stick in the fox’s mouth. The fox appears to be angry
Image Creator: A.Walker (Engraver);Anonymous (Original Illustrator); A.Walker (Engraver); Anonymous (Original Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Etching, Engraving
Identifier: mta:28180
Language: eng
Source Name: Fables Translated from AEsop and Other Authors
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_28180_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: foxes; eagles; birds