In the midst of four peacocks a jay is decked with peacock feathers; illustration for a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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In the midst of four peacocks a jay is decked with peacock feathers; illustration for a fable by Aesop. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Illustration for the fable "The jay and the peacocks" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

Juno in her chariot is in the sky above, her chariot drawn by two peacocks

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1 print : etching ; image 21.7 x 16.7 cm

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R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 55

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Wellcome Collection 39674i

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