The Crow and the Pitcher · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Crow and the Pitcher
Subject: Crow; pitcher
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: On a mound of dirt in the centre of the image is a crow facing right holding a small round object (likely a berry) in its beak. The crow is about to drop the item into a pitcher to its right. The pitcher handle is on the right, and it has a rope around the neck that falls to the ground. A tree is behind the mound and arches over the top of the image. Many other trees fill the background.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27436
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27436_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Crow; pitcher