Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Dog Who Carries Round His Neck the Dinner of His Master'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Dog Who Carries Round His Neck the Dinner of His Master' (in French 'Le Chien qui porte à son cou le dîner de son maître').

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_035

License type

Rights managed

Available size

200.7Mb (20.3Mb) / 24.8in x 31.5in / 7425 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 Door City Pack Street Dogs Basket Night Shadow Dog Dinner Collar Meat Gluttony Covetousness Brawl Fight Sharing Corruption Temptation Fidelity Thief Waste Morsel Public good Avidity Hypocrisy Greed Moral Magistrates Embezzlement