The Elephant and the Bookseller
The Elephant and the Bookseller. An Indian elephant reading a book in an elegant bookshop. The book dealer turns the pages in a book on a lectern. Copperplate engraving by Wilson after an illustration by William Kent from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793
Picture No
14009237
Media ID
45813748
Size
6045px x 4998px
(5.9MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
William Kent
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1793 Aesop Book Illustration Bookseller Bookshelves Dealer Fable Fables John Gay John Stockdale Knowledge Lectern Life Of The Author Memory Moral Pages Stipple William Kent Wisdom
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