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.

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

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

1 print : etching ; image 22.3 x 16.7 cm

44

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

Wellcome Collection 39693i