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

Title: The Tortoise and the Eagle
Subject: Tortoise; Eagle
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: In the center of the page, an eagle with its wings outstretched holds onto a turtle in its talons. Wisps of clouds are in the background.
Image Creator: Joseph Wolf (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:27131
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868)
Image: mta_27131_OBJ.jpg