The Lion and the Forester (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar|Franz Cleyn|John Ogilby|Aesop
Artist bio: Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London|German, Rostock 1582–1658 London|British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London|Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE
Artist role: Etcher|Artist|Author|Subject
Artist nationality: Bohemian|German|British|Greek
Date: 1665
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 6 1/2 in. (21.1 × 16.5 cm)
cut irregularly into image at upper left; cut on and just within borderline
rest of sheet and within platemark all around.
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession year: 1920