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  • A crow is standing on the handle of a large pitcher in front of a well; illustration of a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • An ape with a robe and a crown, with a bodyguard of apes behind, stands on a hill holding up a small clothed ape before an assembly of animals below; illustration of a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching.
  • An old lion lying on the ground is kicked by the hind hoof of a horse; illustration of a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching.
  • An ox and a steer face each other in a field watched on by a fox and a wolf; illustration for a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching.
  • A potter is running towards a large jug which a blast of wind from a cherub in the clouds has shattered; illustration of a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching.
  • A battle between frogs and mice (Batrachomyomachia): a kite descends and kills the combatants. Etching.
  • A tiger lies in the foreground shot by an archer who appears between the trees; illustration for a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching by W. Hollar, 1668.
  • A peasant is raising his stick to drive on an ox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • Juno is seated on the clouds and addresses a peacock standing on a mound; illustration of Ogilby's "Aesopicks". Etching by W. Hollar.
  • A tiger lies in the foreground shot by an archer who appears between the trees; illustration for a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching after W. Hollar.
  • A large and a small crab are lying on a sea-shore. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A dog in the manger is growling at an ox which is driven by a peasant with a stick. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A leopard stands with one paw on a stag it has brought down and faces an approaching fox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • An artist dreams that he is painting the portrait of the Devil disguised as a virtuoso: episode in a fable by John Ogilby. Etching attributed to F. Barlow, 1673.
  • Ants are swarming around the base of a hollow tree while the queen ant is talking to a grashopper. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A fox has taken shelter in a thicket of thorn bushes. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A fox licks the outside of a jug into which a crane has inserted its bill. Behind them the fox is picking up corn on a raised platform, and the crane tries to do the same. Etching by D. Stoop for a fable by J. Ogilby.
  • A man in prison praying to the devil to have him released. Etching by D. Stoop.
  • Apollo sits on a mound, his lyre beside him, and points with his right hand to two men who face him; illustration for a fable. Etching by J. English.
  • A man is packing coffers on to a horse while an ass is lying dead and flayed in the background; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop.
  • A spider, annoyed by a swallow which was catching all the flies, plans to catch the swallow in its web, but is shown to be deluded when the swallow carries off both the spider and the web; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop, 1665.