The Vain Jackdaw, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'

Category

Library Item

Item no

40066

Title

The Vain Jackdaw, illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop'

Description

A jackdaw sits on top of a set of steps with flopping and broken peacock feathers stuck into its tail. Beside it, three actual peacocks observe the spectacle. The rhyme reads,
"The Vain Jackdaw

"Fine feathers," Jack thought,
"make fine fowls;"
I'll be envied of bats and of owls:
But the peacocks' proud eyes
Saw through his disguise,
And Jack fled the assembly of fowls.

Borrowed plumes are soon discovered."

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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