The Dunghill CockOther Titles: The Cock and the Precious Stone · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Dunghill CockOther Titles: The Cock and the Precious Stone
Subject: jewels; cocks; dunghills; chickens
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: London (England); United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: A cock and several chickens are in a yard. The cock is looking at a jewel. There is a stable person or farm hand in the background. The cock is standing on a dunghill. Some trees and a farm type building can also be seen behind the cock and chickens.
Image Creator: Charles Draper (Engraver); F. Barlow (original illustrator); James Kirk (Etcher)
Type: StillImage; Etching, Engraving
Identifier: mta:28170
Language: eng
Source Name: Fables Translated from Aesop and Other Authors
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_28170_OBJ.jpg