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The Fox and the Cock (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)

1665
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: The Fox 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 11/16 × 6 1/2 in. (22 × 16.5 cm)
    Cut outside borderline and within platemark all around
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.1.57
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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