The Fox and the Boar

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A wild boar whets its tusks against the trunk of a large tree as a fox stops to talk to him

The fox and the boar.

Artist

Name:: Griset, Ernest
Dates:: 1844-1907
Countries:: France, UK

Illustration

Subjects:: Animals, Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Pannemaker, Adolphe François
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: California Digital Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Æsop's fables (Griset)
Authors:: Æsop; Rundell, Joseph Benjamin
Publisher:: London, New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d. [1869?]
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A wild boar whets its tusks against the trunk of a large tree as a fox, carrying a dead rabbit on a stick slung over its shoulder, stops to speak to him.

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