The Hen and the Golden Eggs · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Hen and the Golden Eggs
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Greece; Ancient Greece
Description: A woman is standing behind a table, holding a knife in her right hand. Her left hand is on her head, and her mouth is agape in sock as she looks down at the lifeless hen on the table. The hen is lying belly up and its stomach seems to have been cut open. There's a bucket in front of the table that seems to be empty.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator);(); Harrison Weir (Illustrator); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:28040
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: E5 - AEsop's fables. Illustrations by Harrison Weir. (1890); E5 - AEsop's fables. Illustrations by Harrison Weir. (1890)
Image: mta_28040_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Fables; Hens; Eggs; Wives