The Laborer and the Snake · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Laborer and the Snake
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United States; Ancient Greece; Chicago
Description: A man is standing wide stance, holding an axe with both hands up in the air. On the ground at his feet, a snake is stretching up to half its length, looking at the man with its tongue sticking out. The man does not seem afraid. His face lacks expression.
Image Creator: John Greenaway (Engraver);Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend (Translator); John Greenaway (Engraver); Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend (Translator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26861
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred and fifty Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1882 Chicago; 1882 Chicago
Image: mta_26861_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Laborer; Man; Axe; Snake