The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle
Subject: Hawks; Cocks; Grottos; Rocks; Flying
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London (England); United Kingdom
Description: A rooster lays on the rocky outer surface of a small grotto, pinned to the ground by a large hawk. Its facial expression indicating surprise and fear. The hawk’s talons gripping the rooster firmly, its wings expanded about to take flight.
Image Creator: J. Wolf (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Lithography
Identifier: mta:27149
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868); E2 - Aesop's fables A new edition. Illustrations by J. Wolf, J.B. Zwecker, and T. Dalziel. (1868)
Image: mta_27149_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Hawks; Cocks; Grottos; Rocks; Flying