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The fable of the cat and the cock; a cat carrying off a cockerel towards left; moated country house in background; illustration to John Ogilby's "he Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665.
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Title: The Cat and the Cock (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)
Series/Portfolio: John Ogilby, The Fables of Aesop and Aesopics
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Franz Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582–1658 London)
Author:
Related author John Ogilby (British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London)
Subject:
Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
Date: 1665
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (21.2 × 16.3 cm)
cut outside bordelines, number thus trimmed off, and within platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.1.52
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