The Eagle and the Fox · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Eagle and the Fox
Subject: Carcasses; Eagle; Fox; Nest
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; Ancient Greece; United Kingdom
Description: An eagle stands tall with both its wings spread out behind itself. It is looking down at its feet with its beak wide open. At the eagle’s feet, its three babies are looking up at their mother with their beaks open, looking at her with large oogly eyes. The eagle wears a belt around its waist with a small sword seethed to its left hip. On the ground, various carcasses decorate the dark muddy ground of the nest. Next to the eagle, on the right side of the image, a wolf stands up walking like a human. It’s mouth is open as it wipes at its face with a piece of cloth while looking up at the eagle. The eagle seems to be holding onto the fox’s right paw using its left claw. The fox wears a few pieces of cloth held together by a string around its waist. On the lower left corner, another small fox wearing the same kind of cloth bottoms is running with a torch in its hands. That fox is running on land right above the next.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator);Ernest Griset (Illustrator); J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26377
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London; 1869 London
Image: mta_26377_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Carcasses; Eagle; Fox; Nest