A magpie and an ostrich are in discussion with an assembly of wild animals looking on from above. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

The assembly of animals which includes a lion, a tiger and a lynx, is resting on a rocky vault and the birds are on a platform below which makes the scene appear theatrical

Illustration of a fable about discontent with one's social status

Aug[usta] Vindel[icorum] [Augsburg] : J. E. Ridinger, 1743.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 29.5 x 24 cm

Fabul V: Missvergnügen über seinen Stand hillft nichts zur Zufridenheit. J. E. Ridinger inv. sculp. et excud. Aug. Vindel. 1743 Lettering continues repeating the German title in French and Latin Bears number (in pencil) bottom left : T 769

Wellcome Collection 39412i