print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1997,0928.213
- Description
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Rustic interior, with peasant about to strike a snake with an axe; illustration to 'Le Villageois et le serpent', Fable CXVI in volume II, page 118, of La Fontaine's "Fables choisies" (Paris: Desaint & Saillant/ Durand, 1755); finished state with engraver's name but before all other letters. c.1755
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1755-1759
- Dimensions
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Height: 286 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 212 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See under 1997,0928.204.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Fables Choisies (1755-59)
- Acquisition date
- 1997
- Acquisition notes
- See under 1997,0928.73.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1997,0928.213