The Frogs Desiring a King · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Frogs Desiring a King
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; Ancient Greece; United Kingdom
Description: A crane is sitting down on the ground, its long legs spread out on either side and its left wing slightly open. Its head it bent back as it opens its large beak wide open. Inside its beak, a frog is sliding down its throat. All around the crane, frogs are hopping away from it and into the lake, trying to save themselves from being eaten. Behind the crane, high grass grows, and the sun is shining in the upper right corner.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator);Ernest Griset (Illustrator); J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26315
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London; 1869 London
Image: mta_26315_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Lake; Crane; Frogs