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Title: Le Lion et Le Moucheron (The Lion and the Midge) (Volume I, Page 108), from Oeuvres de La Fontaine. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, mise en ordre et accompagnée de notes Par C.A. Walkenaer, membre de l'Institut. A Paris chez Lefèvre, Libraire. Rue de L'Eperon No. 6. MDCCCXXII
Series/Portfolio: Oeuvres de La Fontaine. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, mise en ordre et accompagnée de notes Par C.A. Walkenaer, membre de l'Institut. A Paris chez Lefèvre, Libraire. Rue de L'Eperon No. 6. MDCCCXXII
Artist:
Schroeder (French, active 19th century)
Artist:
After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
Author:
Jean de La Fontaine (French, Château-Thierry 1621–1695 Paris)
Publisher:
Lefèvre
Date: 1821
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/16 in. (26.7 × 18.2 cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (22.6 × 14.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 9/16 × 4 5/8 in. (19.2 × 11.8 cm) laid down within platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.500.627(17)
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