A fox is facing a wolf outside its lair surrounded by its prey while in the background a fox is chased by two dogs towards a peasant with a cudgel. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

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Illustration of the fable "The wolf and the fox" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

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1 print : etching ; image 22.2 x 17 cm

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32. W. Hollar fecit.

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 55.

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Wellcome Collection 39677i

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