The Lion and the Mouse · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Lion and the Mouse
Subject: Lion; Mouse; Rope; Trap
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: A lion is lying on its side in the grass. Its ears are bent backwards, and it is looking skywards. The lion is tied up by rope having been caught in a trap. A little mouse is walking up a piece of rope in the lower left corner.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26085
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1895 London; 1895 London
Image: mta_26085_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Lion; Mouse; Rope; Trap