The Grandest Assemby

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A wild dinner party is taking place, where animals kiss, dance, and greedily eat and drink

There festively sported itself the grandest assemby by far,
That ever together was brought...

Artist

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

Illustration

Subjects:: Animals, Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius
Format:: Square
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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A wild dinner party is taking place, where animals can be seen kissing, eating greedily, dancing, and getting drunk.

The caption reads in the original German:

Da ergötzte sich festlich die beste Gesellschaft, die jemals
Nur beisammen gewesen…

The translation provided here is by John Storer Cobb.

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