De Jonge Koekkoek onder de Kroonvogels (The young Cuckoo among the Crown Birds), Romeyn de Hooghe, 1702

Title page to a tract entitled "de jonge koekkoek onder de kroonvogels", no. 26 in the series entitled "esopus in europa"; in the centre, an etching showing a group of ostrich-like "crown birds" trampling on a cuckoo which has been thrown out of a nest on the left; on the right, further crown-birds hurry up a hill from the sea; in the background is a sailing ship with four men whose conversation appears in the tract. 1702 etching with letterpress printed in black ink. Date: 1702. Dimensions: Height: 97 mm (image plate); Height: 189 mm (sheet); Width: 132 mm (image plate); Width: 140 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Aesop. Collection: British Museum. De Jonge Koekkoek onder de Kroonvogels (The young Cuckoo among the Crown Birds) (BM 1854,0513.522.26)