Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'Philomela and Procne'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'Philomela and Procne' (in French 'Philomèle et Phrogné').



Full-page plate by Gustave Doré published in the book *Fables de La Fontaine*, published by Librairie Hachette et Cie in 1890.

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Pierre Pitrou

Reference

PTR26A00_399

License type

Rights managed

Available size

206.7Mb (25.1Mb) / 25.5in x 31.5in / 7647 x 9449 (300dpi)

Keywords

17th century 19th century Illustration Engraving Drawing Gustave Doré Fables Jean de La Fontaine French literature Poetry France French Allegory Literary illustration Animals Animal Philomela Progne Procne Greek mythology Metamorphosis Bird Song Poetry Nature Forest Tree Spring Nostalgia Sadness Melancholy Exile Memory Transformation Legend Antiquity Ovid Metamorphoses Myth Dialogue Reconciliation Harmony Nightingale Swallow