The Lion and The Mouse · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Lion and The Mouse
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: A Lion laid down under the spreading boughs of a thick oak. His face was in high altered when woken up. His eyes were filled with fierceness and his mouth opened with two visble canines. His left paw was above the ground. On his left was a Mouse. He was frozen and faced towards the lion, yet remained unharmed.
Image Creator: Charles Whittingham (Printer);(); Charles Whittingham (Printer); ()
Type: Text; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27968
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27968_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Lion; Mouse; Rest; Parole; Pleading