The Sick Kite · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Sick Kite
Subject: illness; birds of prey; kites; nests; sickness
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; United Kingdom; London (England)
Description: There are two birds in a branch of a tree. One bird is looking at the other bird. One bird is lying down in the branches, and the other is seated upright. The bird that is lying down in the tree branch is inside a nest. The other bird is outside of the nest. One bird looks worse than the other bird. There is foliage on the tree.
Image Creator: A.Walker (Engraver);Anonymous (Original Illustrator); A.Walker (Engraver); Anonymous (Original Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Etching, Engraving
Identifier: mta:28187
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_28187_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: illness; birds of prey; kites; nests; sickness