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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.
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Credit: 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
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Description
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
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 22 x 16.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
57. W. Hollar fec.
References note
R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 57
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 39709i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores