A wolf is biting a ram in the foreground while wolves are pursuing sheep in all directions in the background. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

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Illustratration for the fable "The wolves and the sheep" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

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1 print : etching ; image 22.4 x 16.8 cm

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31. W. Hollar fecit

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etchedwork of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 55

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Wellcome Collection 39675i

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