A bear has overturned two hives and is trying to prize out honey from a third while being attacked by bees; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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A bear has overturned two hives and is trying to prize out honey from a third while being attacked by bees; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Illustration of the fable "The bear and honey" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

The beehives were stacked on shelves near a couple of thatched cottages

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1 print : etching ; image 22.3 x 16.7 cm

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

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Wellcome Collection 39693i

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