A woman is being attacked by an eagle as she attempts to rescue her baby from the eagle's nest where it has been taken as possible food for the young birds. Mezzotint and etching after G. Dawe.

1 print : mezzotint and etching ; image 19.8 x 15 cm

Engraved from a picture by G. Dawe

"Paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1811 and 1813 enhanced his reputation. These included: ... Mother rescuing her child from an eagle's nest, based on a Scottish legendary story."-- Oxford dictionary of national biography, s.v. Dawe, George

Wellcome Collection 27239i