Fables of La Fontaine
Artwork Details
- Title: Fables of La Fontaine
- Author: Written by Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
- Illustrator: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)
- Translator: Translated and edited by Elizur Wright, Jr. (American, active 1841)
- Publisher: Tappan and Dennet (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Publisher: W. A. Coleman (New York, NY)
- Date: 1841
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.565.425(1–2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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