A vine bearing four pear-shaped gourds and a date palm; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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Illustration of the fable "The gourd and the pine" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

There is a mountainous landscape with a castle in the background

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1 print : etching ; image 21.8 x 16.7 cm

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Lettering

62

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 58

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39720i

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