The Swallow and Other Birds · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Swallow and Other Birds
Subject: Farmers; Farm; Seed; Swallows
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Ancient Greece
Description: On the left side of the illustration, a farmer was sowing his field with flax. He spreaded the flex using his left hand while holding the bamboo sieve using his right. His farm was neatly organized. It was indicated by flat field inside the gate contrasting the crowding plantations outside. A flock of birds were circling in the air just above the farmer and his field.
Image Creator: Charles Whittingham (Printer); ()
Type: Text; Wood Engraving
Identifier: mta:27973
Language: eng
Parent Collection: E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814); E4 - Aesop's Fables. Illustrations by Anonymous. (1814)
Image: mta_27973_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Farmers; Farm; Seed; Swallows