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Artist
- Name:
- Devéria, Achille
- Dates:
- 1800-1857
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Thompson, Charles
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Œuvres complètes de La Fontaine
- Author(s):
- La Fontaine, Jean de
- Publisher:
- Paris: Baudoin Frères, 1826
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A traveler carrying a bundle of his belongings on a stick turns the corner of a house and discovers Fortuna with her wheel reclining on the threshold.
The caption reads in the original French: L’homme qui court après la Fortune, et l’homme qui l’attend dans son lit.
Keywords: 17th century, 1820s, 19th century, black & white, fable, Fables de La Fontaine, mixed genders, nudity
