The Wolf and the Crane · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Wolf and the Crane
Subject: Fables; Wolves; Cranes
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: A crane is sticking her beak down the throat of a wolf. They are in the grass surrounded by high weeds. The crane seems to be helping the wolf, as the wolf is not attacking nor is the crane struggling.
Image Creator: Sir John Tenniel (Illustrator); Joseph Wolf (Illustrator); Josiah Wood Whymper (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24189
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesops Fables- A New Version, Chiefly From the Original Sources
Parent Collection: 1898 London
Image: mta_24189_OBJ.jpg