A leopard stands with one paw on a stag it has brought down and faces an approaching fox. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
Date:
1666
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39631i
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Illustration for J. Ogilby's fable "The leopard, the fox, and the ass" (part of "Aesopicks")

In the middle distance an ass is rolling on the ground and farther off a stag is chased by three animals

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1666.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 23.3 x 20 cm

Lettering

Fab:3: W. Hollar fecit 1666

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 59

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39631i

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