A fox is pursued by two dogs while a cat escapes by climbing a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

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A fox is pursued by two dogs while a cat escapes by climbing a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A slaughterhouse in the background with a fox jumping out of a window

Illustration for the fable "The fox and the cat" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

The dogs are shown catching and killing the fox in the background

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 22 x 16.8 cm

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Lettering

57. W. Hollar fec.

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 57

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Wellcome Collection 39709i

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