An eagle presides over a court of birds in a tree

An eagle presides over a court of birds in a tree.A magpie, owl, vulture, and sparrow in attendance. Council of birds. The vulture, the sparrow and other birds. Illustration of a fable by English poet John Gay. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811

Aesop Educational Fable Fables Of Aesop Fabulist Field Sports Gaius Julius Phaedrus Gay And Phaedrus Greek Author John Gay Magpie Moral Moral Tale New Work Of Animals Rogue Samuel Howitt Sparrow Vulture

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