A pained wolf with its paw in a caltrop is presented to the lion and its attentive looking entourage of wild animals in a makeshift camp in the forest with a fox scribbling in a book. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

  • Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.
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1743
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39409i
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view A pained wolf with its paw in a caltrop is presented to the lion and its attentive looking entourage of wild animals in a makeshift camp in the forest with a fox scribbling in a book. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

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A pained wolf with its paw in a caltrop is presented to the lion and its attentive looking entourage of wild animals in a makeshift camp in the forest with a fox scribbling in a book. Etching by J. E. Ridinger. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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An illustration for a fable about punished greed

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 30.3 x 24.4 cm

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Fabul:II. Allzuhizige Begierde nimmt aus Unvorsichtigkeit einen üblen Ausgang. J. El. Ridinger inv. sculp. et excud: 1743 Lettering continues repeating the title in French and Latin Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 766

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Wellcome Collection 39409i

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