The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat
Subject: Birds; bat; beasts; cave; trees; forest
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: There is a small cave-like hole in a large rock in the bottom left of the image. A large rock in the foreground blocks the view of half of the hole that lies behind it in the middle ground. A bat in the air is above and slightly to the right of the hole. To the right in the background is two white birds flying above two animals on the ground. The rest of the background is covered in trees.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27353
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27353_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Birds; bat; beasts; cave; trees; forest