The Hares and Frogs in a Storm · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Hares and Frogs in a Storm
Subject: Frog; Hare; Rabbit; Storm; Nature; River; Pond
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: In the foreground of the image around ten frogs jump headfirst into the river off a bank as a storm approaches. The riverbank is lush with foliage and flowers that are blown over presumably by the storm. In the background, several rabbits sit on the bank watching the frogs intently as they dive in the water and huddle together.
Image Creator: Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator); Edward Garrett (Editor)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27410
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_27410_OBJ.jpg