[The Mountains in Labour] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Mountains in Labour]
Subject: Fables; Mountain; People; Mouse; Books
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Greece; Ancient Greece
Description: A tiny mouse sits on a portion of a mountain. People are gathered around on the right side of the image. Books are open and on the ground. One man is outreaching an arm as if to grab a book.
Image Creator: Rothwell JC (Illustrator); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27237
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables, embelished with one hundred and eleven elegant engravings
Parent Collection: E3 - Aesop's fables- embellished with one hundred and eleven elegant engravings. Engravings by Kirk, del., Scott. (1818)
Image: mta_27237_OBJ.jpg