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Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Related author John Ogilby British
Subject Aesop Greek
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A fox crosses a path in a rocky landscape and converses with a porcupine; large tree at left.
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Title: The Fox and the Porcupine (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)
Series/Portfolio: John Ogilby, The Fables of Aesop and Aesopics
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Author:
Related author John Ogilby (British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London)
Subject:
Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
Date: 1666
Medium: Etching; first or second state of two (print cut and the state cannot be determined)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (25.7 × 19.7 cm)
cut outside borderline and within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.1.70
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