The Viper and the File · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Viper and the File
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London (England)
Description: There is a viper in a smith’s shop. In the image, there are several images of tools displayed across the image. A lit forge to the right of the image, along with a anvil and hammer towards the center of the image. Along the left side of the image, is a workbench, where the viper and the file are. There also is a chisel and hammer on the bench. The viper has its mouth on the file. The viper is near the window in the image, which is near the bench, to the left of the image.
Image Creator: A.Walker (Engraver);Anonymous (Original Illustrator); A.Walker (Engraver); Anonymous (Original Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Etching, Engraving
Identifier: mta:28193
Language: eng
Source Name: Fables Translated from AEsop and Other Authors
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_28193_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: vipers; files; workshops; tools