The Vain Jackdaw · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Vain Jackdaw
Subject: Peacock feathers; Jackdaw
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: A jackdaw in strutting towards the right-hand side of the image, its beak raised high up in the air. It is standing on one foot, while it has the other lifted in the air, its claws curled inwards. The jackdaw has peacock feathers hanging on its tail.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26100
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1895 London
Image: mta_26100_OBJ.jpg