The Thieves and the Cock · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Thieves and the Cock
Subject: Humans; Thieves; Cocks
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Inside a home
Description: Two men in foreground facing each other. They are in a home. Both wearing triangular hats and cloaks and carrying swords. The man to the left is holding a cock, that is posed aggressively toward the second man. The cock is calling out as he scratches his legs in the air. Man to the right is holding a lantern to aluminate the Cock, and is trying to calm them down.
Image Creator: A. Walker (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27826
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_27826_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Humans; Thieves; Cocks