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

Title: The Pocupine and the Snakes
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: There is a small cave/burrow in the centre left of the image, raised up on some dirt. A porcupine is half out of the hole, facing left and angrily looking at many snakes directly to its left. The snakes are upright, and they appear to be coiled around each other. There is one tree in the background on the left and many bushes.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27437
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27437_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Snakes; porcupine; cave