Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass' (in French 'Les Deux chiens et l'âne mort').

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_063

License type

Rights managed

Available size

202.5Mb (24.0Mb) / 25.0in x 31.5in / 7492 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 River Bank Carcass Reeds Twilight Water Desolation Landscape Dogs Donkey Corpse Sea Shore Hunger Death Drinking Excess Bursting Impossible Ambition Undertaking Folly Illusion Drowning Gluttony Stubbornness Effort Desire Imprudence Failure Carrion Flood Pond Mirage