print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1900,1231.3902
- Description
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King Agiluf sneaking into the stables and cutting a lock of a sleeping mule driver whom he suspects to be the queen's lover; the mule driver sleeps unaware in a bed set by a pedestal supporting two columns; mules can be seen in the background, left and right; working proof of illustration to 'Le Muletier', in 'Contes de La Fontaine' (Paris: Conquet, 1881)
Etching
- Production date
- 1881 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 161 millimetres
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Width: 108 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For later state see 1900,1231.3903.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Contes de La Fontaine (1881)
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1900,1231.3902