A peacock chosen king of the farm birds

A peacock displays his tail feathers in front of a barnyard of birds. A magpie asks how he will defend them from the eagle flying above. Peacock chosen king. Illustration from a fable by Greek author Aesop. 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 Barnyard Cock Defend Educational Fable Fables Of Aesop Fabulist Field Sports Fowl Gaius Julius Phaedrus Gay And Phaedrus Goose Greek Author John Gay Magpie Moral Moral Tale New Work Of Animals Peacock Peafowl Samuel Howitt

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