A fly is standing among ants swarming about the hollow base of a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

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1663
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39678i
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Illustration of the fable "The fly and the ant" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1663.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 24.3 x 16.2 cm

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33. The fly and the ant. W. Hollar fecit 1663

References note

R. Pennington, A decriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 55

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Wellcome Collection 39678i

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