The Jackdaw and Peacocks · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Jackdaw and Peacocks
Subject: Jackdaw; Peacock; Bird; Nature; Feather
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: In the foreground we see a jackdaw bird standing proudly with a bunch of peacock feathers tucked in with its own in its tail and on its head. In the background on the left there are few other jackdaws standing around on the ground amongst bales of hay. In the background on the right there are two peacocks perched atop bales of hay lookin down at the other birds.
Image Creator: Joseph Wolf (Illustrator); Edward Garrett (Editor)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27419
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_27419_OBJ.jpg