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The Vain Jackdaw, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Crane, Walter, 1900, Publisher's print
The Vain Jackdaw, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
The Vain Jackdaw, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
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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."
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Crane, Walter
Date
1900
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17.8 x 18.8 cm
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Publisher's print
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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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