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Kirk, J. (James), -1791.

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  • Works from the collections
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Images from the collections

Images by Kirk, J. (James), -1791.

4 images from works
  • A bear has overturned a beehive and is attacked by bees. Etching by J. Kirk after F.Barlow for a fable by Aesop.
  • A frog is sitting under rushes in a bog facing a fox and surrounded by other animals; illustration of a fable. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow.
  • A tiger is shot by an archer who appears between the trees as a fox walks by. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow for a fable by Aesop.
  • A fox carrying a flaming torch in its mouth is climbing up a tree in order to reach the eagle's nest in which an eagle is about to feed the eaglets with a cub. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow for a fable by Aesop.

Works from the collections

4 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A bear has overturned a beehive and is attacked by bees. Etching by J. Kirk after F.Barlow for a fable by Aesop.

    Aesop | Reference: 39904i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A frog is sitting under rushes in a bog facing a fox and surrounded by other animals; illustration of a fable. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow.

    Francis Barlow | Reference: 39908i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A tiger is shot by an archer who appears between the trees as a fox walks by. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow for a fable by Aesop.

    Aesop | Reference: 39906i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A fox carrying a flaming torch in its mouth is climbing up a tree in order to reach the eagle's nest in which an eagle is about to feed the eaglets with a cub. Etching by J. Kirk after F. Barlow for a fable by Aesop.

    Aesop | Reference: 39911i

Frequent collaborators

Francis Barlow
Aesop

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