The Owl and the Grasshopper · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Owl and the Grasshopper
Subject: Guitar; Owl; Grasshopper
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: A large owl is standing on a tree trunk. The owl's eyes are glazed over, almost as though it was blind. The owl wears an old-fashioned sleep hat. Next to the owl, on the right side, a branch crosses over its head and two insect-looking creatures hang from a small piece of rope. In front of the owl, at the foot of the tree trunk, a grasshopper stands wide stance, holding what seems to be a very small guitar.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator);Ernest Griset (Illustrator); J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26156
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London; 1869 London
Image: mta_26156_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Guitar; Owl; Grasshopper