Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Milkmaid and the Pot of Milk' (in French 'La Laitière et le Pot au Lait').

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

PTR26A01_014

License type

Rights managed

Available size

200.8Mb (24.7Mb) / 24.8in x 31.5in / 7428 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 Forest Embankment Light Debris Peasant woman Path Back Milkmaid Milk Pot Dream Castle in the air Illusion Imagination Plan Ambition Wealth Market Eggs Chicks Pig Cow Calf Fall Joy Dance Loss Disillusion Daydream Path Naivety Vanity