The Eagle and the Daw (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)
Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Related author John Ogilby British
Subject Aesop Greek
Not on view
The fable of the eagle and the daw; in the foreground stands a stone tomb on rocky ground near the sea. A daw is eating an oyster dropped by the eagle flying above; beyond at right, over the water, a port and a castle.
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