The Porcupine and the Snakes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Porcupine and the Snakes
Subject: Snake; Porcupine; Nature; Cave
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: Most of the image is taken over by a large porcupine in the foreground. The porcupine appears to be tucked away in a shallow cave. Surrounding the porcupine are five snakes all trying to hurt it but cannot reach it due to its quills.
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:27407
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_27407_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Snake; Porcupine; Nature; Cave