The Forester and the Bear (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)

Author Related author John Ogilby British
Subject Aesop Greek
1662
Not on view
The fable of the forester, the skinner and the bear; the forester lies on the ground, feigning death, as the bear stands beside him with its muzzle to his head; the man who wished to buy a bearskin look down from the branches of a tree at right, wood beyond;

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  • Title: The Forester and the Bear (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)
  • Series/Portfolio: John Ogilby, The Fables of Aesop and Aesopics
  • Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Author: Related author John Ogilby (British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London)
  • Subject: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
  • Date: 1662
  • Medium: Etching; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (24.7 × 17.1 cm) cut outsid ethe borderline and within the platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.1.75
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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