The Ass in the Lion's Skin · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Ass in the Lion's Skin
Subject: Ass; Lion skin
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; Ancient Greece; United Kingdom
Description: What looks like a lion is running off. When looking closely, however, it is obvious that those are the legs of an ass. Two different tails stick out at the back, and the lion’s skin finishes just above the ass’s thighs. The face of the lion is contorted. The ass is running away wearing the skin of a Lion.
Image Creator: Harrison Weir (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26140
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1895 London
Image: mta_26140_OBJ.jpg