A forester stand with his spear in his hand before a lion and points to the tomb of Mausolus and a statue of a lion laying its head in a man's lap; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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Illustration of the fable "The lion and the forester" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

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1 print : etching ; image 21.8 x 16.7 cm

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50

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 57

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Wellcome Collection 39702i

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