A fox is running away from a lion dressed in regal robe sitting in a cave. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

Outside the cave, in the background, the fox is shown talking familiarly to the lion without the regal attributes

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

The lion is wearing a regal robe and a crown and is holding sceptre and orb in its paws

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1665.

1 print : etching ; image 22.3 x 16.7 cm

76. W. Hollar fec. 1665

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 58

Wellcome Collection 39738i