The Hare and the Tortoise · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Hare and the Tortoise
Subject: Shore; Hare; Tortoise
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; Ancient Greece; United Kingdom
Description: A large hare is hiding in tall grass. Its long ears are bent backwards, and its eyes are closed as though it is sleeping. Small flowers grow tall on the right hand-side of the image next to the hare. In the background, a shore is seen on the right side. To the left, a tortoise is walking away from the hare, towards a tree.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26088
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1895 London
Image: mta_26088_OBJ.jpg