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Artist
- Name:
- Grandville, J.-J.
- Dates:
- 1803-1847
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Brevière, Louis-Henri, Hébert, César-Auguste
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Fables de La Fontaine (Grandville), vol. 1
- Author(s):
- La Fontaine, Jean de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Henri Fournier Aîné, 1838
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A frog standing in the middle of a stream talks vehemently to another sitting and smoking a pipe on the bank while in the background, two bulls are rearing up, ready to fight each other.
The caption reads in the original French: Les deux taureaux et la grenouille.
Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, anthropomorphic, black & white, Fables de La Fontaine, fight, frog, talking
