A lion devouring its prey in a cave while its crown and sceptre are perched on a rock at the entrance. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

A wolf is looking at the prey while cattle and horses are gamboling in the background

Illustration for the fable "The sick lion" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

The lion's prey consists of a stag, a wild boar, a rabbit and a ram

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]

1 print : etching ; image 22.6 x 17 cm

38. W. Hollar inv. fec.

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

Wellcome Collection 39683i