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Fable / Wind and SunTHE WIND AND THE SUN Both disputed over who could cause the traveller to shed his cloak; the wind blew strongly, but in the suns gentle heat the man derobed
The fox & the stork. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
Stag and his ReflectionTHE STAG SEEING HIMSELF IN THE WATER: A stag admires his antlers in a stream, and considers his legs not worthy but when he has to outrun a foe his legs prove more useful
The Wolves and the SheepTHE WOLVES AND THE SHEEP The wolves break the peace pact they had with the sheep, and attack them in their sheepfold; a faithless enemy is not to be trusted
The fox & the crow. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
Fable / Old Man & DeathTHE OLD MAN & DEATH An old man, exhausted gathering sticks, calls for Death to take him; immediately Death appears, and the man regrets what he wished for
Cartoon by George Studdy, part of his Fruity Fables series, showing a lady orange peeling off her skin down to a bikini. Credit should read
John Farleigh Woodcuts for Shaw sJohn Farleighs Woodcuts for George Bernard Shaws " The Adventures of The Black Girl in her search for God." 1932
VOS, Paul de (1596-1678). The Fable of the Dog and the Prey. Baroque art.; Flemish art. Oil on canvas
The Monkey and the CatTHE MONKEY AND THE CAT A monkey persuades a cat to steal chestnuts roasting on the fire; the monkey eats the nuts and the cat gets the blame
Fighting Cocks & TurkeyTwo fighting cocks are watched by a turkey in the farmyard (illustration to the fable The Fighting Cocks and the Turkey )
Fable / Fox & GrapesTHE FOX AND THE GRAPES The fox spies juicy ripe grapes and tries to reach them but in vain; eventually he gives up, proclaiming the grapes to be probably sour
Fieldmouse (Bewick)mus sylvaticus - the LONG- TAILED FIELD-MOUSE : this is the Country Mouse of Aesops fable, who prefers to risk reapers and predator birds to adopting an urban lifestyle
Owen Nares, English stage and film actor - he played the shell-shocked hero in Pinero's musical fable, The Enchanted Cottage Date: circa 1900
POET WRITING IN GARRETA poet writing in a garret (illustration to The Poet and the Death-Watch Beetle) Date: 1761
Fable - the Young WidowTHE YOUNG WIDOW A widow who inconsolably mourns the death of her husband finds in time that she is ready to meet suitors and wed again Date: circa 1870
Daphnis - AlcimaduraDAPHNIS AND ALCIMADURA Daphnis dies of love for the beautiful but haughty Alcimadura, but she stills disdains him Date: circa 1870
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THE FARMER AND HIS SONSTHE FARMER & HIS SONS A farmer on his deathbed tells his sons that a treasure lies hidden on his farm so that they will care for and dig the earth after his death Date: 1761
FABLE / COURT OF DEATHDeath, on his throne, surrounded by his pale courtiers': diseases Date: 1761
Cartoon, Jones and Herman, The Silver King Lawsuit. A reference to a popular melodramatic play of 1882 by Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman. 1885
Foxs adventures with verses inside a Christmas cardFoxs adventures with a crow, geese and a rabbit inside a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
THE HARE AND THE FROGS The timid hare discovers that there are creatures even more timid than himself - one of Dores most powerful images. Date: circa 1870
FABLE / LION IN LOVETHE LION IN LOVE He must agree to let his teeth be plucked out and his claws cut off. Date: circa 1870
FABLE / MAN & DONKEY FABLE / MAN & DONKEYThe donkey attacks a man and two more men attack the donkey
FABLE / TWO ASSES / DOREOne of the asses and his owner collapse
Fable / Two SpringsTHE TWO SPRINGS Two springs issued from the same mountain; one rushed along in a torrent, the other was a gentle, beneficient stream
The Torrent & the RiverTHE TORRENT AND THE RIVER A man survives the rushing and roaring of a torrent, but an apparently calm river he takes for granted, and he and his horse drown in the deep water
Aesop (c. 620A?i?564 BC). Ancient Greek fabulist. Aesop sAesop (c. 620A?i?564 BC). Ancient Greek fabulist credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesops Fables. Engraving of french edition. Paris, 1801. Colored
Story of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese
WWI - The (German) Fox and the (Allied) GrapesThe Fox and the Grapes - A Hungry Fox, finding that he could not reach some tempting bunches of ripe grapes, declared that they were sour and that he did not want them
Bedroom scene with a couple, two servants and a dogA crowded bedroom scene with a woman in bed, her lover standing at the side, two servants and a dog. An illustration to the story by La Fontaine
The Lion and the FoxBritish Lion " Going to help me, are you? Thank you for nothing, Master Fox. I began the work alone, and I mean to finish it!!
The Fox Without a TailTHE FOX THAT LOST ITS TAIL A fox that lost its tail in a trap and mourned its loss, tried to convince his brethren that they would be better off without their tails
Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695). Colored engravingJean de la Fontaine (1621-1695). French fabulist. Engraving in History of France, 1881. Colored
Jacob Jordaens (1593 A?i? 1678). Flemish Baroque painter. The Satyr and the Peasant. 1620-1621. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Aesop (c. 620564 BC). Ancient Greek fabulist. Aesops FablAesop (c. 620564 BC). Ancient Greek fabulist credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesops Fables. Engraving of french edition. Paris, 1801
Fontaines Fable / StreetA group of people in a French cobbled street
Posada, Story of the Wolf and the FoxStory of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s
Manuscript with story about a dog and a wolfPage from an illustrated manuscript with a story entitled The Dog and the Wolf, in a collection of fables by Ulrich Boner, Der Edelstein The Precious Stone), completed circa 1349
The kind-hearted she elephant. Aesops fable. Artist: Evelyn Stuart Hardy Date: 1904
The two dogs. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The viper & the file. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The trees & the axe. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The stag & the pool. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The lion & the shepherd. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The frog & the bull. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The fox & the boar. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The bald man & the fly. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
The citizen & the knight. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century
Aesops FablesThis picture depicts small snapshots of some of Aesops most famous fables like the hare and the tortoise and the fox and the grapes
Little girl amazed at condition of her Grandfathers book" Grandpa, didn t you tell me Aesops Fables were written thousands of yers ago?" " Yes, my dear." " My Word! But you have kept the book clean!" Date: 1901
ESOPUS (650-560 BC). Greek fabulist. Fables" ESOPUS (650-560 BC). Greek fabulist. " Fables". Latin edition carried put in Leyden in 1579. Fable of The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf or The Boy Who Cried Wolf. SPAIN. Barcelona
CERVANTES SaVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616); Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). Don Quixote. 1863. Don Quixote with Sancho Panza. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library
BALZAC, Honor頤e (1799-1850);Dore, Paul GustaveBALZAC, Honor頤 e (1799-1850); Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). Les contes drolatiques. 1855. Illustration of a dead knight. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library
LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695)
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The Prudent Tiger. Artist: Evelyns Hardy. An Aesops fable Date: circa 1906
The Cock with Two Wives by George RansteadSecond in a series of six drawings depicted the Aesop Fable about the man with two wives but acted out by chickens instead
Hare and the TortoiseTHE HARE AND THE TORTOISE Date: Circa 1880
Fable - The Tortoise and the HareThe complacent hare takes a nap under a tree while the Tortoise romps home in this cautionary tale advocating the slow and steady over the fast and flippant. Illustration by Malcolm Greensmith
John-Bull and the Regent from the Fable of the Fox and the Swallow
Fable / Eagle & OwlThe Eagle and the Owl
Fable / Magpie & RavenThe Magpie and the Raven
Fable / Owl & NightingaleThe Owl and the Nightingale
Fable / Fox & SwallowThe Fox and the Swallow
Fable / Mountain in LabourTHE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR When a mountain is heard to utter prodigious groans, multitudes flock to it in expectation of wonders, but all that appears is a mouse
The Stag Seeing HimselfTHE STAG DRINKING aka SEEING HIS REFLECTION IN THE WATER A stag is impressed with his antlers, & bemoans his spindly legs, but these legs are useful for running from danger
Fable / Ears of the HareTHE HAREs EARS A lion, gored by an elk, banishes all horned animals; a hare, seeing the shadow of her ears, thinks they will be taken for horns, and flees
Fable / Trouts & GudgeonTWO TROUTS & THE GUDGEON A mother trout warns its young about the dangers of eating a fly whereupon a gudgeon seizes the fly and falls victim to the fishermans bait
Animals Sick of PlagueTHE PLAGUE AMONG THE BEASTS The donkey, whose sin is no more than to eat grass, is sacrificed by the other animals to relieve them of the plague that scourges them
Fable / the PeacockTHE PEACOCK The peacock is honoured by Juno with a magnificent train, and parades his beauty in front of all the other birds
Fable / Wolf and CraneTHE WOLF AND THE CRANE A crane agrees it will extract a bone from a wolfs throat on promise of a reward; the wolf claims not closing its jaws on the cranes head reward enough
The Wolf & the LambTHE WOLF AND THE LAMB A young inexperienced lamb is tricked by a hungry wolf and eaten
The Lion, Wolf and FoxTHE SICK LION, THE FOX & THE WOLF: the animals pay the lion respects, except the fox; slandered by the wolf, the fox tells the lion his cure lies in the flaying of the wolf
Fable / the HermitTHE HERMIT A hermit, sitting reading in his cave, receives a group of pilgrims
Fable / Oak & WillowTHE OAK & THE WILLOW The willow bends under the weight of the wind, while the oak tree resists and is uprooted
Fable / Stork & CrowTHE STORK & THE CROW A stork and a crow argue about who is most favoured by Jupiter
Fable / Minervas OliveMINERVAs OLIVE: Minerva enquires of the other gods why the trees they favour bear no fruit; she has chosen the olive because of the usefulness of its fruit
Astronomer Looks at SunAn astronomer looks at the sun through a telescope, while two colleagues confer at his side (illustration to Aesops Fable: The Monster in the Sun)
Fable / The Snipe ShooterTHE SNIPE SHOOTER A huntsman trying to shoot both a snipe and partridges at the same time, misses both; his faithful spaniel admonishes him
Fable / Vice & FortuneVICE AND FORTUNE A fable of Plutarch in which Vice and Fortune argue over who has the most power to make mankind unhappy
The Snail and the StatueTHE SNAIL & THE STATUE A statue of the Medicean Venus is defaced by the slime of a snail jealous of the admiration the statue attracted Date: 1761
