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late 18th century - 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An illustration depicting 'The Wolf and the Crane', a fable attributed to Aesop. The wolf is sitting to the left of the image as the crane, viewed in profile, puts its beak down his throat to retrieve a stuck fish bone. By the wolf's front legs, a dead fish lies alongside the skeletal remains of a second fish. To the right of the image stands a tree and the background landscape shows a rocky hill. In the middle-distance, viewed between the two animals, two figures in a boat can be faintly seen.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching print on paper
Brief description
Illustration depicting 'The Wolf and the Crane' fable, as attributed to Aesop, showing a crane putting its beak into a wolf's mouth. Etching print on paper. Anonymous. Late 18th-19th century.
Physical description
An illustration depicting 'The Wolf and the Crane', a fable attributed to Aesop. The wolf is sitting to the left of the image as the crane, viewed in profile, puts its beak down his throat to retrieve a stuck fish bone. By the wolf's front legs, a dead fish lies alongside the skeletal remains of a second fish. To the right of the image stands a tree and the background landscape shows a rocky hill. In the middle-distance, viewed between the two animals, two figures in a boat can be faintly seen.
Dimensions
  • Sheet (approx) height: 13.6cm
  • Sheet (approx) width: 22cm
  • Plate impression (approx) height: 9.2cm
  • Plate impression (approx) width: 11.5cm
Measured by DH 01/11/2010
Object history
This is probably an illustration from a collection of 'Aesop's Fables'.
Historical context
'The Wolf and the Crane' is a fable attributed to Aesop. There are a number of similar stories featuring a lion instead of a wolf, and a heron or partridge in place of the crane.
Production
This is probably an illustration from a collection of 'Aesop's Fables'.
Subjects depicted
Literary reference'Aesop's Fables'
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
29638:232

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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