An oak overhangs a pond in which bullrushes are growing; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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Illustration for the fable "The oak and the reed" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

The heads of the four winds are visible in the clouds

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1 print : etching ; image 22.1 x 16.7 cm

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R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 58

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Wellcome Collection 39727i

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