The Fables of Aesop: Paraphrased in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations
Artwork Details
- Title: The Fables of Aesop: Paraphrased in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations
- Series/Portfolio: John Ogilby, The Fables of Aesop and Aesopics
- Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
- Editor: John Ogilby (British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London)
- Sitter: John Ogilby (British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London)
- Designer: Ogilby portrait after Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes) (British, Soest 1618–1680 London)
- Engraver: Ogilby portrait engraved by William Faithorne the Elder (British, London ca. 1620–1691 London)
- Designer: Francis Barlow (British, Lincolnshire ca. 1626–1704 London)
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Etcher: Dirck Stoop (Dutch, Utrecht 1610/18–1681/86 Utrecht)
- Printer: Thomas Roycroft (London)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1668
- Medium: Illustrations: etching
- Dimensions: 16 9/16 x 10 7/16 x 2 1/8 in. (42.1 x 26.5 x 5.4 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
- Object Number: 66.558.16
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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