The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider, the Ass
The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider, the Ass and the Farmer. A Georgian farmer with wicker basket rebukes a foolish, bookish owl for misleading a group of animals. Copperplate engraving by William Skelton after an illustration by Hubert Francois Bourguignon Gravelot from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793
Picture No
14009296
Media ID
45829613
Size
5577px x 4447px
(5.7MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Hubert Francois Bourguignon Grav
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1793 Aesop Book Illustration Fable Fables Fool Hubert François Bourguignon Gravelot John Gay John Stockdale Life Of The Author Mislead Moral Natural Order Rebuke Stipple William Skelton
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