[The Countryman and the Snake] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Countryman and the Snake]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Greece; Ancient Greece
Description: A man, a woman and two children are in a small house. One child is hiding behind the woman and the other is kneeling on the ground. There is a snake sitting by a fire and looking at the woman. The man is holding a mattock directed at the snake while the woman has her hands up in a motion to stop the snake.
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Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27257
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables, embelished with one hundred and eleven elegant engravings
Parent Collection: E3 - Aesop's fables- embellished with one hundred and eleven elegant engravings. Engravings by Kirk, del., Scott. (1818); E3 - Aesop's fables- embellished with one hundred and eleven elegant engravings. Engravings by Kirk, del., Scott. (1818)
Image: mta_27257_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Fables; Countryman; Snake; Mallock; House; Family; Fire