Fable Collection (page 2)

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 Fables
This 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

WWI - The (German) Fox and the (Allied) Grapes
The 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

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 Gustave
BALZAC, 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 Ranstead
Second 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 Tortoise
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE Date: Circa 1880

Fable - The Tortoise and the Hare
The 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 & Owl
The Eagle and the Owl

Fable / Magpie & Raven
The Magpie and the Raven

Fable / Owl & Nightingale
The Owl and the Nightingale

Fable / Fox & Swallow
The Fox and the Swallow

Fable / Mountain in Labour
THE 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 Himself
THE 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 Hare
THE 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 & Gudgeon
TWO 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 Plague
THE 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 Peacock
THE 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 Crane
THE 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 Lamb
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB A young inexperienced lamb is tricked by a hungry wolf and eaten

The Lion, Wolf and Fox
THE 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 Hermit
THE HERMIT A hermit, sitting reading in his cave, receives a group of pilgrims

Fable / Oak & Willow
THE OAK & THE WILLOW The willow bends under the weight of the wind, while the oak tree resists and is uprooted

Fable / Stork & Crow
THE STORK & THE CROW A stork and a crow argue about who is most favoured by Jupiter

Fable / Minervas Olive
MINERVAs 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 Sun
An 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 Shooter
THE 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 & Fortune
VICE 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 Statue
THE 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

The Spider & Silkworm
THE SPIDER & THE SILKWORM A spider boasts she can spin much more quickly than the silkworm; the silkworm replies her labours endure & are valued unlike the spiders web

The Wolf & the Mastiff
THE WOLF AND THE MASTIFF A hungry wolf asks a dog how he stays so well-fed; the dog says obedience to his master is enough; the wolf values his freedom over easy meals

Prometheus Forms Man
Prometheus forms man of clay and against the wishes of Jupiter steals fire from heaven to animate his work

Nightingale & Bullfinch
THE NIGHTINGALE & BULLFINCH Two birds occupied cages together; the nightingale varied her tunes, the bullfinch always sang the same & wondered why it was derided

Fable / Partial Judge
THE PARTIAL JUDGE After an incident with an oxen and a bull, a farmer finds that a lawyer is keener to see justice done when its in his favour rather than against him

Fable / Two Lizards
THE TWO LIZARDS: two lizards were bemoaning their fate as lowly creatures, & wishing they d been born proud stags, when hounds tore apart the very stag they d admired

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