The Geese and the Cranes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Geese and the Cranes
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London (England); United Kingdom
Description: In a large open corn field, young boys run around catching geese. One holds a stick up about to hit a goose, the other gripping a goose firmly by its next. Other geese are seen lying dead or fleeing. Above the chaotic scene, two cranes fly gracefully across the image.
Image Creator: J.B Zwecker & T. Dalziel (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Lithography
Identifier: mta:27163
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868); E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868)
Image: mta_27163_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Boys; Fields; Cranes; Geese; Farms