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

Title: The Countryman and the Snake
Subject: Family; Fire; Snake; Humans
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: A group of people are inside a small house. A woman, an old man, and two children stand at the hearth of a fire towards the left-hand side of the image. A snake wanders near the fire, creeping up to look at the humans. Inside the house, there are pots and cauldrons, rats, and other objects amongst the disorder of the house.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator);Ernest Griset (Illustrator); J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26167
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London; 1869 London
Image: mta_26167_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Family; Fire; Snake; Humans