A disguised fox is peering through a vault into a yard, trying to beguile the birds in the enclosure. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
Date:
1743
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39408i
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view A disguised fox is peering through a vault into a yard, trying to beguile the birds in the enclosure. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

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A disguised fox is peering through a vault into a yard, trying to beguile the birds in the enclosure. Etching by J. E. Ridinger. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The print is an illustration for a fable

The birds include chicken, pheasants, peacocks, partridges, geese and ducks

Publication/Creation

[Augsburg] : J. E. Ridinger, 1743.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 29.5 x 24 cm

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Lettering

Fabul:1 Vorsichtige Klugheit überwindet Arglistigkeit! J.El. Ridinger inv. del. sculp. et excud. 1743 The lettering repeats the title in French and Latin Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 765

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Wellcome Collection 39408i

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