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The Lion, the Fox and the Geese. A fox in ermine robe speaks at a parliament of animals after the retirement of the lion king. Leopard, horse, cow and hound pay their respects, but a goose complains of the tyranny of predators. Copperplate engraving by William Grainger after an illustration by John Wootton from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.
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Caption:
The Lion, the Fox and the Geese. A fox in ermine robe speaks at a parliament of animals after the retirement of the lion king. Leopard, horse, cow and hound pay their respects, but a goose complains of the tyranny of predators. Copperplate engraving by William Grainger after an illustration by John Wootton from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
6295 x 5265 px | 94.8 MB
Print size:
53.3 x 44.6 cm | 21.0 x 17.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1793 • AESOP • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: LION • ANIMALS • BARRAGE • BOOK ILLUSTRATION • CITY OF LONDON • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COW • COWS • DAM • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • EQUUS CABALLUS • ERMINE ROBE • ETCHING • FABLE • FABLES • FOX AND THE GEESE, THE • FOX • GEORGIAN • GOOSE • HERD OF COWS • HORSE • HOUND • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • JOHN GAY • JOHN STOCKDALE • JOHN WOOTTON • KING • LEO • LEON • LÉOPARD • LIFE OF THE AUTHOR • LION • LION, THE • LIONS • LONDON • MORAL • MYTH • PARLIAMENT • PREDATOR • PREY • PRINT • RESPECT • RETIREMENT • REVOLUTION • STIPPLE • STORY • TYRANNY • WILLIAM GRAINGER
