The wife Lion · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The wife Lion
Subject: Humans; Lion; Bullock; Traveler; Outside; Plants
Period: 1750-1800;
Description: The scene is taken place outside, 2 men and a lion and deceased bull that was slain by the lion, one man is pointing at the bull and another man with a walking stick/cane is approaching behind in the distant. The scene seems to be taken outside as you can see the sky, plants and other vegetation. The man is looking to take a share of the bull from the lion, but the lion will not let him because he was being rude. The other man however received half of the bull from the lion because of his modesty.
Image Creator: Annoymous (Anonymous); ()
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:28751
Language: eng
Source Name: The Fables of Aesop
Parent Collection: E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760); E6 - Fables translated from AEsop. Engravings by A. Walker. (1760)
Image: mta_28751_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Aesop's Fables
Subject: Humans; Lion; Bullock; Traveler; Outside; Plants