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

Title: The Wolf and the Lamb
Subject: River; Lamb; Wolf
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: To the right of the image, a wolf stands tall like a human. It is wearing shaggy clothes and holding a stick behind its back. The wolf is looking down at a small lamb, its mouth is open as though it was talking. The lamb too is standing like a human. The lamb wears a long vest and has tools wrapped around its waist. The lamb is looking up at the wolf. Behind the lamb, there is small river. Further behind them, a wooden wall with a small water tunnel in the middle of it flows water into the river.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26162
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London
Image: mta_26162_OBJ.jpg