Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Boy and the Schoolmaster'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Boy and the Schoolmaster' (in French 'L'Enfant et le Maître d'école').

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

PTR26A01_070

License type

Rights managed

Available size

131.6Mb (5.7Mb) / 29.5in x 17.3in / 8858 x 5193 (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 Bank Reeds Willow Riverbank Boy Fall Child Schoolmaster Education Pedant River Drowning Rescue Sermon Reprimand Lesson Morals Speech Complaint Danger Pedagogy Water Chatter Importance Laziness Stick Schoolboy Imprudence Ridicule