The Hawk and the Nightingale · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Hawk and the Nightingale
Subject: Hawks; Nightingales; Branches
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London (England); United Kingdom
Description: On a branch, a large hawk pins a small nightingale down with its sharp talons. The small bird gestures up towards the hawk with a wing, the hawk watched it intently.
Image Creator: J.B Zwecker & T. Dalziel (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Lithography
Identifier: mta:27161
Language: eng
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_27161_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Hawks; Nightingales; Branches