A tiger lies in the foreground shot by an archer who appears between the trees; illustration for a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching by W. Hollar, 1668.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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Illustration for the fable "The tiger and the fox"

A fox sits at the entrance of its rocky den and a lion and a leopard can be seen in the distance

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 24.9 x 19.4 cm

Lettering

Fab:37

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 61

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Wellcome Collection 39653i

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