The Crow and the Pitcher · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Crow and the Pitcher
Subject: Crow; Bird; Bowl; Pebble; Rock; Nature
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; United Kingdom; Greece
Description: On the left side of the image there is a large pitcher in the foreground. On the right side of the image sits a crow dropping round pebbles into the pitcher, with one in its mouth ready to drop. In the background there is a bit of foliage in what appears to be a forest clearing.
Image Creator: Johann Baptist Zwecker (Illustrator); Edward Garrett (Editor)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27403
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_27403_OBJ.jpg