The Table Knocked Over

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Up jumped the good priest with a scream, and after me tried to pursue,
And the table knocked over with all that was on it to eat and to drink.

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Artist

Name:
Kaulbach, Wilhelm von
Dates:
1805-1874
Country:
Germany

Illustration

Subjects:
Animals, Humor
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The Harold B. Lee Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Reineke Fuchs
Author:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Publisher:
Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1857
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Description:

Reynard the Fox runs away from a house with a stolen dish of poultry, cheekily turning around to mock his victim who knocks a table over trying to pursue him as the housekeeper throws her arms up in anger and alarm.

The caption reads in the original German:

Hastig wollte der Pfaffe mir nach und lärmte, da stieß er
Über den Haufen den Tisch mit Speisen und allem Getränke.

The translation provided here is by John Storer Cobb.

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