A stag with lowered head is meeting the charge of a mounted knight; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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Illustration for the fable "The stag and the horse" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

Beyond a horse is kicking with its hind legs the lowered head of a stag

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1 print : etching ; image 22 x 16.8 cm

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45

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 56

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39694i

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