Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Sick Stag'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Sick Stag' (in French 'Le Cerf malade').

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_146

License type

Rights managed

Available size

200.2Mb (27.1Mb) / 24.7in x 31.5in / 7404 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 Does Stags Trees Night Darkness Clearing Herd Stag Illness Visit Friends Companions Famine Hunger Pasture Ingratitude Selfishness Abandonment Death Agony Solitude Hypocrisy Care Danger Grass Visitors Antlers Court Moral