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Artist
- Name:
- Grandville, J.-J.
- Dates:
- 1803-1847
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Narratives
- Engraver:
- Rouget, François
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- University of Ottawa Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Cent proverbes
- Author(s):
- Achard, Amédée, Delord, Taxile, Frémy, Arnould, Old Nick (Émile Forgues)
- Publisher:
- Paris: Henri Fournier, 1845
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Two wolves in lawyer’s robes are congratulating each other in front of an eating place serving cold food.
The caption reads in the original French: Les loups ne se mangent pas.
This proverb doesn’t seem to have any satisfactory equivalent in English. It is used to signify that members of a given group will readily attack weaker victims but won’t try to harm each other, in said group’s best interest.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, satire, wolf