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

Title: The Vain Jackdaw
Subject: Peacock feathers; Jackdaw
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: London; Ancient Greece; United Kingdom
Description: A jackdaw with peacock feathers is strutting on a block stone floor. Two peacocks are in the background perched upon a wall. In the distance, there seems to be a castle, or a house surrounded by stone monuments and walls. Birds are flying over the residence.
Image Creator: Sir John Tenniel (Illustrator); Joseph Wolf (Illustrator); Josiah Wood Whymper (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26237
Language: eng
Source Name: Aesops Fables- A New Version, Chiefly From the Original Sources
Parent Collection: 1898 London; 1898 London
Image: mta_26237_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Peacock feathers; Jackdaw