Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Frog Who Wished to Be as Big as the Ox'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Frog Who Wished to Be as Big as the Ox' (in French 'La Grenouille qui se veut faire aussi grosse que le boeuf').

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_189

License type

Rights managed

Available size

126.3Mb (5.7Mb) / 29.5in x 16.6in / 8858 x 4985 (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 Marsh Ox Frog Prairie Grasses Pond Vanity Pride Envy Jealousy Bursting Death Imitation Ambition Pretension Swelling Ridicule Folly Size Meadow Reeds Foolishness Arrogance Impossible Illusion Moral Comparison Rivalry Water Glory