Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Bird Wounded by an Arrow'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Bird Wounded by an Arrow' (in French 'L'Oiseau blessé d'une flèche').

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_177

License type

Rights managed

Available size

112.7Mb (6.5Mb) / 29.5in x 14.8in / 8858 x 4447 (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 Pheasant Feathers Dying bird Snow Vegetation Fall Bird Arrow Wound Hunting Bow Feather Death Agony Pain Blood Hunter Shot Sky Suffering Flight Irony Destiny Dying man Victim Raptor Landscape Field Bush Nature Eagle Falcon Ruins Moral Fatality Fate