The Countryman and the Snake · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Countryman and the Snake
Subject: Snake; Axe; Family; Home; Bite; Danger
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: In the foreground of the image a snake on the right side is rearing up as though it is about to strike with its tongue out. On the other side of the snake is a family, a mother and young child on the right, scared of the snake. On the left a man, the father holding an axe in his right hand threatening the snake, about to swing. The scene is set in what appears to be the family’s home with a few pots and dishware can be seen on the left back corner.
Image Creator: Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (Illustrator);Edward Garrett (Editor); Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (Illustrator); Edward Garrett (Editor)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27423
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables.
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_27423_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Snake; Axe; Family; Home; Bite; Danger