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

Title: The Crow and the Pitcher
Subject: Pitcher; Crow
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; Ancient Greece; United Kingdom
Description: A crow is standing on grass on the left-hand side of the image. Next to it, to the right of the image, is a pitcher that reaches the crow’s chest. It has a large base, and a skinny neck that stretches out into a snout to pour out liquid. The crow is slightly bent towards the pitcher, its beak near the opening.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26122
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1895 London
Image: mta_26122_OBJ.jpg