Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Milkmaid and Her Child'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Milkmaid and Her Child' (in French 'La Porteuse et l'Enfant').

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_452

License type

Rights managed

Available size

199.7Mb (25.3Mb) / 24.6in x 31.5in / 7388 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 Woman Peasant Mother Child Motherhood Path Countryside Rural life Journey Fatigue Fall Accident Clumsiness Carelessness Pain Protection Tenderness Family Daily life Poverty Misery Work Burden Load Education Morality Forest Woods Nudity Naked Personification