I hope to prove one day that in the hands of a magpie, a feather is no less valuable than in the claws of a wolf or the legs of a fox, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
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- Title: I hope to prove one day that in the hands of a magpie, a feather is no less valuable than in the claws of a wolf or the legs of a fox, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
- Series/Portfolio: Scenes de la Vie Privèe et Publique des Animaux
- Illustrator: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)
- Engraver: Andrew Best Leloir (French)
- Author: Honoré de Balzac (French, Tours 1799–1850 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1837–47
- Medium: Wood engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/16 in. (26.2 × 18.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.500.592(6)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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