print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 2006,U.1800
- Description
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Fable of The Hare and the Tortoise; hare at left, facing a tortoise in a field, a fox standing by; in an oval, within rectangle; illustration to the 'The Fables of Æsop, and Others' (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1818, p.221); after Thomas Bewick; proof, this state probably 1823
Wood-engraving, printed on light tawny India paper
- Production date
- 1811-1823
- Dimensions
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Height: 53 millimetres (image)
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Width: 76 millimetres (image)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Fables of Æsop, and Others
- Acquisition date
- 1818-1972
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2006,U.1800
