The soldier kissing the woman's hand (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)
Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Related author John Ogilby British
Subject Aesop Greek
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In a dark room, a soldier at left bends to kiss the hand of a woman standing in profile at right, a fire in a grate at left with much smoke and candlesticks on the mantelpiece, a waiting woman standing by, table with chair and chest behind at right; illustration to John Ogilby, 'The Ephesian Matron', in Ogilby, 'Æsopicks: or, A Second Collection of Fables', 2nd edition (London, 1675)
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