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Engraver Jean Delduc French
After Gustave Doré French
Related author Jean de La Fontaine French
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Title: The Lion Defeated By Man, from Jean de La Fontaine's "Fables"
Series/Portfolio: Jean de La Fontaine's "Fables"
Engraver:
Jean Delduc (French, died 1885)
Artist:
After Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
Author:
Related author Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
Date: 1868
Medium: Wood engraving; proof
Dimensions: sheet: 3 3/4 x 7 5/16 in. (9.5 x 18.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.552.15
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