The Hawk and The Nightingale · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Hawk and The Nightingale
Subject: Hawk; nightingale
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom, London (England)
Description: The image depicts a large hawk standing on a tree branch, looking downwards and observing a nightingale, with its wings spread wide. Surrounding the hawk are many other tree branches and leaves.
Image Creator: C. Whittingham (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27541
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_27541_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Hawk; nightingale