The Two Bulls and the Frog

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A frog talks to another sitting on a river bank while two bulls fight each other in the background — The two bulls and the frog.

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