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The Fox and the Cat (from Aesop's Fables, after Francis Clein); plate 51 by Wenceslaus Hollar
The Fox and the Cat (from Aesop's Fables, after Francis Clein); plate 51
Wenceslaus Hollar
Title
The Fox and the Cat (from Aesop's Fables, after Francis Clein); plate 51
Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar
1607 - 1677 (biography)Year
1665
Technique
etching
Image Size
8 5/8 x 6 9/16" image size; 10-1/16 x 6-13/1" plate size
Signature
etched in image, lower left "W.Hollar fec:"
Edition Size
N/A
Annotations
pencil, lower margin: (proof) Wenzel Hollar, 1665
Reference
Paper
antique-white oatmeal laid
State
proof before letters (perhaps one of the supplemental unpublished plates)
Publisher
John Ogilby
Inventory ID
14347
Price
$500.00
Description
A proof before letters of plate 51 from the series of 58 plates commissioned by British printer and publisher John Ogilby after designs by Francis Clein. Ogilby had translated the Fables.