The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox
Subject: Bear; Lion; Nature; Fox; Dear
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: In the foreground on the right lies a bear with its head leaning up against a tree with its tongue hanging out in exhaustion. Behind the bear on the left side is the lion laying on the ground also seemingly in exhaustion. In the back of the image a small fox can be seen carrying a limp deer in its mouth through the forest dragging it across the ground.
Image Creator: Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator);Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (Illustrator);Edward Garrett (Editor); Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator); Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (Illustrator); Edward Garrett (Editor)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27400
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_27400_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Bear; Lion; Nature; Fox; Dear