Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Sun and the Frogs'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Sun and the Frogs' (in French 'Le Soleil et les grenouilles').

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_485

License type

Rights managed

Available size

166.7Mb (7.2Mb) / 34.0in x 19.0in / 10203 x 5711 (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 Vegetation Light Landscape Banks Croaking Amphibians Sun Frogs Marsh Marriage Wedding Tyrant Rays Heat Drought Reeds Complaint Jupiter Celebration Posterity Neighbour Improvidence Foolishness Tyranny Water Pond People Dread Ambition Quarrel