The Travellers and the Bear · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Travellers and the Bear
Subject: Cub; Travellers; Bears
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: A man lies lifeless on the ground, face down. Behind the man, a mother bear and her cub on standing on their hind legs with their front paws on either side of their head. The mother bear has her mouth open and is looking down at the lifeless man. The cub is looking down too, with his left paw resting on his mother’s leg. Next to the bears is a tree, and the other traveler is hiding atop it, looking down at the scene below him.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator);Ernest Griset (Illustrator); J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26194
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London; 1869 London
Image: mta_26194_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Cub; Travellers; Bears