Title

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Peacock Complaining to Juno'

Caption

Fable of La Fontaine 'The Peacock Complaining to Juno' (in French 'Le Paon se plaignant à Junon').

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_193

License type

Rights managed

Available size

208.8Mb (24.2Mb) / 25.7in x 31.5in / 7722 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 Ruins Temple Columns Statue Peacock Architecture Debris Marble Antique Juno Complaint Voice Crowing Nightingale Plumage Beauty Vanity Envy Dissatisfaction Goddess Jealousy Tail Peacock tail Feathers Mythology Antiquity Landscape Pride Contentment Moral Bird Gifts Nature Mercy