A fox standing under a tree looking up at a crow with a cheese in its bill. Etching by P. Tempest after F. Barlow for a fable by Aesop.

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Description

Illustration of the fable "The fox and the crow" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 12.5 x 16 cm

Contributors

Lettering

F. Barlow delin: P. Tempest ex: Bears number: 9A

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 53

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39902i

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