Two children are running towards a sheep with a crow on its back while an eagle bears a lamb in its claws in the sky above; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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Illustration of the fable "The eagle and the crow" by Aesop

In the distant background are more sheep, a castle and extensive woodland

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Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 14.6 x 9.7 cm

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Lettering

80

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 58

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39850i

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