A lion dressed as a doctor is examining a horse's hoof; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
- Aesop.
- Date:
- [between 1600 and 1699]
- Reference:
- 39721i
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In the porch of a church three foxes sit preventing a crowd of animals from entering the church, while an ass in an outside pulpit is preaching to another crowd of animals
Illustration of the fable "The lion and the horse" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby
Publication/Creation
[London] : [Thomas Roycroft?], [between 1600 and 1699]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image 22.1 x 16.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
64
References note
R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 58
Reference
Wellcome Collection 39721i
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Location Status Access Closed stores