Mercury and the Woodman

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A spectral figure draped in a white garment rises from a swamp, holding an axe before a bewildered woodman

Mercury and the woodman.

Artist

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

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engravers:: Pannemaker, Adolphe François; Pannemaker, Stéphane
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 tall, spectral figure draped in a white garment that covers the head and body rises from a swamp, holding an axe before a bewildered woodman seated on the bank, against a backdrop of dense, vertical tree trunks.

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