Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'Jupiter and the Farmer'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'Jupiter and the Farmer' (in French 'Jupiter et le Métayer').

Engraving 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_473

License type

Rights managed

Available size

171.6Mb (10.6Mb) / 34.1in x 19.5in / 10239 x 5859 (300dpi)

Keywords

17th century 19th century Illustration Engraving Drawing Gustave Doré Fables Jean de La Fontaine French literature Poetry France French Allegory Literary illustration Jupiter Sharecropper Tenant farmer Peasant Prayer Rain Drought Harvest Agriculture Earth Countryside Daily life Hardship Difficulties Reward Punishment Divine justice Ingratitude Divine intervention Desire Request Farm work Nature Celestial power Morality