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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.
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