The Ape and the Fox · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Ape and the Fox
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; London
Description: An ape attempts to crawl out of a trap of which it has its right foot stuck in. A fox stands to the right of the trapped ape, and is looking back at it. In the background there is the front half of a bull on the left side of the image. Next to the bull stands a horse, and a bear sitting down. Another ape is walking in the background with its arms spread out.
Image Creator: A. Walker (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27367
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_27367_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Apes; Foxes; Horses; Bears; Cattle