The Parrot and his Cage · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Parrot and his Cage
Subject: Parrots; Forests; Cages; Clouds
Period: 1750-1800;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; London
Description: An ornate birdcage sits on a window sill of an upper floor in a building, with the cage door open. A parrot is flying in the background towards a forest. Dark storm clouds fill the sky above buildings in the background.
Image Creator: A. Walker (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:27372
Language: eng
Source Name: Fables Translated from Aesop, and Other Authors
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_27372_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Parrots; Forests; Cages; Clouds