An eagle, perched on the back of a hare, pecks at its neck while Jupiter sitting in the clouds, shakes what seems like eggs from his cloak; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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An eagle, perched on the back of a hare, pecks at its neck while Jupiter sitting in the clouds, shakes what seems like eggs from his cloak; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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One broken egg is already on the ground

There is a beetle right above the hare

Illustration of the fable "The eagle and the beetle" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

The scene takes place in a mountainous landscape with a seascape in the background

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1 print : etching ; image 21.7 x 16.5 cm

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56

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 57

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Wellcome Collection 39705i

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