Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Young Widow'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Young Widow' (in French 'La Jeune veuve').

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_497

License type

Rights managed

Available size

199.2Mb (14.7Mb) / 24.6in x 31.5in / 7367 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 Night Moon Putti Cupids Moonlight Rendezvous Couple Shadow Gravestone Widow Mourning Grief Widowhood Husband Tomb Cemetery Tears Consolation Father Remarriage Youth Fickleness Fidelity Love Seduction Hypocrisy Time Desire Coquetry Suitor Oblivion Pain Woman