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

Title: The Grasshopper and the Owl
Subject: Owl; Grasshopper; Building; Mountains; Building; Trees; Plants; Outside; River
Period: 1750-1800;
Description: The scene is taken place outside, there are mountains in the distance with trees along with a building. There also seems to be some sort of river or stream. There is a large tree up close which the Owl is sitting on one of the branches, and the Grasshopper is sitting below on the ground with other plants around. The Grasshopper is reviling the Owland the Owl is begging her to be quiet.
Image Creator: Annoymous (Anonymous); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:28743
Language: eng
Source Name: The Fables of Aesop
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_28743_OBJ.jpg