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A weak and dying lion is attacked on all sides. A donkey kicks him in the face, a boar and a cow gore him. A horse and stag watch. Old lion insulted. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811.
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Caption:
A weak and dying lion is attacked on all sides. A donkey kicks him in the face, a boar and a cow gore him. A horse and stag watch. Old lion insulted. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
5815 x 4520 px | 75.2 MB
Print size:
49.2 x 38.3 cm | 19.4 x 15.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AESOP • AGE • ÂGÉS • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: LION • ATTACK • BOAR • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • COW • DONKEY • DRAWN • DYING • EDUCATIONAL • ENGRAVED • EQUUS CABALLUS • ETCHING • FABLE • FABLES OF AESOP • FABULIST • FEEBLENESS • FIELD SPORTS • FRAGILITY • GAIUS JULIUS PHAEDRUS • GAY AND PHAEDRUS • GEORGIAN • GORE • GREEK AUTHOR • HERD OF COWS • HORSE • HUNTING • ILLUSTRATION • JOHN GAY • KICK • LEO • LEON • LION • LIONS • MORAL TALE • MORAL • NEW WORK OF ANIMALS • OLD LION INSULTED • OLD • PAYBACK • REGENCY • REVENGE • SAMUEL HOWITT • SPORTING • STAG • VENGEANCE • WEAKNESS • ZOOLOGY
