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The Cock and the Pearl; The Wolf and the Lamb
Crane, Walter, 1900, Publisher's print
The Cock and the Pearl; The Wolf and the Lamb
The Cock and the Pearl; The Wolf and the Lamb
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Title
The Cock and the Pearl; The Wolf and the Lamb. Illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Description
In the top left of the page a cockerel looks down at a pearl on the ground. Beside it, the accompanying text reads,
"The Cock and the Pearl
A rooster, while scratching for grain,
Found a Pearl. He just paused to explain
That a jewel's no good
To a fowl wanting food,
And then kicked it aside with disdain.
If he ask bread will ye give him a stone?"
In the lower right of the page, a wolf stares hungrily at a lamb. The text beside it reads,
"A wolf, wanting lamb for his dinner,
Growled out, "Lamb you wronged me, you sinner:"
Bleated Lamb, "Nay, not true!"
Answered Wolf, "Then 'twas Ewe -
Ewe or lamb, you will serve for my dinner."
Fraud and violence have no scruples."
Artist / maker
Crane, Walter
Date
1900
Size
17.8 x 18.8 cm
Type
Publisher's print
Location
Art and Design Library
Illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop', a book for the nursery created by Walter Crane (1845 - 1915), and first published in 1887.
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Baby's Own Aesop
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