The Vain Jackdaw · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Vain Jackdaw
Subject: Peacock feathers; Jackdaws
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece; London
Description: A jackdaw stand on the left-hand side of the image. It has a piece of white cloth stuck to its head, and a lone peacock feather lies next to him on the ground. In front of the jackdaw, a group of six other jackdaws with their beaks wide open are judging the other jackdaw.
Image Creator: J. B. Rundell (Translator); Ernest Griset (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Illustration
Identifier: mta:26236
Language: eng
Source Name: AEsop's Fables
Parent Collection: 1869 London; 1869 London
Image: mta_26236_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Peacock feathers; Jackdaws