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A courtcase between animals, with a lion and tiger as judges. The wolf makes a claim against the sheep, while the kite and vulture give false evidence. Sheep, wolf, vulture and kite before the judgement seat of the lion. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811.

A courtcase between animals, with a lion and tiger as judges. The wolf makes a claim against the sheep, while the kite and vulture give false evidence. Sheep, wolf, vulture and kite before the judgement seat of the lion. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811.
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Caption: A courtcase between animals, with a lion and tiger as judges. The wolf makes a claim against the sheep, while the kite and vulture give false evidence. Sheep, wolf, vulture and kite before the judgement seat of the lion. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811.
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Image size: 5576 × 4356 px | 69.5 MB
Print size: 47.2 × 36.9 cm | 2195.3 × 1715.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: AESOP • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: LION • ANIMALS • BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF THE LION • CASE • CLAIM • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COURT • DRAWN • EDUCATIONAL • ENGRAVED • ETCHING • EVIDENCE • EWE • FABLE • FABLES OF AESOP • FABULIST • FALSE • FIELD SPORTS • FLOCK OF SHEEP • FLYING A KITE • GAIUS JULIUS PHAEDRUS • GAY AND PHAEDRUS • GEORGIAN • GREEK AUTHOR • HERD OF SHEEP • HUNT • HUNTING • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • JOHN GAY • JUDGE • KITE • LAW • LEGAL • LEO • LEON • LION • LIONS • LOBO • MORAL TALE • MORAL • NEW WORK OF ANIMALS • OVIS ARIES • REGENCY • SAMUEL HOWITT • SHEEP SHEARING • SHEEP • SPORTING • TIGER • VULTURE AND KITE • VULTURE • WOLF • ZOOLOGY