To Pity Moved

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Reynard is on a ladder with a noose around his neck while the King and the Queen look particularly moved

A number to pity were moved.

Artist

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

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius
Format:: Portrait (taller)
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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Description:

Reynard is on a ladder leaning against a tree trunk that serves as the gallows, a noose around his neck. A cat sits at the top of the trunk, securing the rope to a branch while a crowd gathers below to witness the ceremony. Among them, the King and Queen look particularly moved and grief-stricken.

The caption reads in the original German: Viele jammerte das.

English caption source: Reynard the Fox, trans. by John Storer Cobb (Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1899).

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