The Ant and the Grasshopper · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Ant and the Grasshopper
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: London (England); United Kingdom
Description: A group of four ants (on the left) and a grasshopper (on the right) gather on the banks of a river during the winter. On the right-hand side of the image, there is a small house in the background. On the left-hand side, behind the bugs, there is what apprears to be a wooden fence in front of a bunch of deciduous trees.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer);(); C. Whittingham (Printer); ()
Type: Text; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27702
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27702_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Ant; Grasshopper; River; Winter