A lion devouring its prey in a cave while its crown and sceptre are perched on a rock at the entrance. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
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A wolf is looking at the prey while cattle and horses are gamboling in the background
Illustration for the fable "The sick lion" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby
The lion's prey consists of a stag, a wild boar, a rabbit and a ram
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Physical description
1 print : etching ; image 22.6 x 17 cm
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Lettering
38. W. Hollar inv. fec.
References note
R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 56
Reference
Wellcome Collection 39683i
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