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Title: [Dead Sparrow]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Spain; Europe
Description: The body of a dead sparrow lies upon the ground, its head hanging over a ledge, its feet loft and poised, wings folded by its side. In the background a bird flies in the sky. The image is evoked by Don Quixote saying "Verily, verily, a sparrow in the hand is better than a vulture upon the wing".
Image Creator: Tony Johannot (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25872
Language: eng
Source Name: Don Quixote De La Mancha
Parent Collection: Bohn 1842
Image: mta_25872_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Don Quixote
Subject: Death; Literature; Sparrow; Fiction; Birds; Spain