The Kite and the Pigeons · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Kite and the Pigeons
Subject: Pigeon; Attack; Fighting
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: On the left side of the image is a large building where birds sit on a couple of the window sills. In the middle, a large pigeon swoops down towards two other pigeons, with one attacking the other. The pigeon in the middle, attacking the one on the bottom has its beak wide open, biting the head of the one on the ground.
Image Creator: A. Walker (Artist)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27563
Language: eng
Source Name: Fables Translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker.
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_27563_OBJ.jpg