The Frogs Desiring a King · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Frogs Desiring a King
Subject: Frogs; bird; water; king
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: There is a bird (likely a heron) standing in a pond catching frogs. The bird has a frog in its mouth, and it is facing left. Directly behind the bird is a section of land that extends back and has large bushes on it. There are four more frogs below the bird as it bends down. Farther back in the water is the base of a tree sticking out of the water. In the far background is a hill covered with trees and a house partily sticking out from the trees.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27433
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesop's Fables
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27433_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Frogs; bird; water; king