A traveller in turban begs for his life from a lion

A traveller in turban begs for his life from a lion. The male lion stands on the carcass of a leopard. The lion, the tiger and the traveller. Illustration of a fable by English poet John Gay. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811

Aesop Begs Carcass Educational Fable Fables Of Aesop Fabulist Field Sports Gaius Julius Phaedrus Gay And Phaedrus Greek Author John Gay Leopard Mane Moral Moral Tale New Work Of Animals Samuel Howitt

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