A fox licks the outside of a jug into which a crane has inserted its bill. Behind them the fox is picking up corn on a raised platform, and the crane tries to do the same. Etching by D. Stoop for a fable by J. Ogilby.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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A fox licks the outside of a jug into which a crane has inserted its bill. Behind them the fox is picking up corn on a raised platform, and the crane tries to do the same. Etching by D. Stoop for a fable by J. Ogilby. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Illustration for the fable "The fox and the crane" by J. Ogilby

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 21.9 x 16.9 cm

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26 R. Stoop f.

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R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 59

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Wellcome Collection 39670i

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