Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Old Cat and the Young Mouse'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Old Cat and the Young Mouse' (in French 'Le Vieux Chat et la jeune Souris').

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_144

License type

Rights managed

Available size

159.8Mb (7.4Mb) / 34.1in x 18.2in / 10244 x 5453 (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 Interior Bread Cat Mouse Floorboards Old cat Young mouse Supplication Prayer Clemency Youth Old age Death Appetite Hunger Cunning Speech Plea Mercy Prey House Cooking Negotiation Rhetoric Cruelty Inflexibility Fate Moral