Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Woodman and Mercury'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Woodman and Mercury' (in French 'Le Bûcheron et Mercure').

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_437

License type

Rights managed

Available size

202.8Mb (21.7Mb) / 25.0in x 31.5in / 7500 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 Tool Worker Work Working Forest Wood Trial Temptation Disaster Devastated Trunk Alone Cry Crying Man Punishment Divine Divinity Divine Mythology Moral lesson Apocalypse Darkness