A fox is pleading before the lion dressed as king while an execution of a fox takes place outside. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.

  • Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899.
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1853
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39618i
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The lioness dressed as queen is making a pleading gesture towards the lion. Outside the tent, in the background, a fox is hung on the gallows

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London : William Pickering, 1853.

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1 print : steel engraving, with etching ; image 13.2 x 9.2 cm

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Reynard the fox. "Believe him not!" the angry monarch cries; "whose lips ne'er open but to utter lies." p. 11,6. J. Wolf del. Augs. Fox sc.

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Wellcome Collection 39618i

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