The Cat and the Cock (from Aesop's Fables, after Francis Clein); plate 14 by Wenceslaus Hollar
The Cat and the Cock (from Aesop's Fables, after Francis Clein); plate 14
Wenceslaus Hollar
Title
The Cat and the Cock (from Aesop's Fables, after Francis Clein); plate 14
Artist
Year
1665
Technique
etching
Image Size
8 7/16 x 6 1/2" image size; 9-7/8 x 6-3/4" plate size
Signature
unsigned
Edition Size
N.A.
Annotations
in pencil, in margins: Hollar 1668; (proof) Wenzel Hollar 1665; engraved outside of image, lower right: 14.
Reference
Pennington 385, only state; New Hollstein (Hollar Part VI), only state
Paper
antique-white laid with fleurs de lis watermark
State
proof before letters (perhaps one of the supplemental unpublished plates)
Publisher
John Ogilby
Inventory ID
14346
Price
$400.00
Description
A proof before letters of plate 14 from the series of 58 plates commissioned by British printer and publisher John Ogilby after designs by Francis Clein. Ogilby had translated the Fables.
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