"Le Villageois et le Serpente" from La Fontaine's Fables
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1770–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Scene from La Fontaine's fable of the same name, showing a man striking at a serpent with an axe at his friends, while his wife and child look on in consternation.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Caroline King Duer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-22-1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engraving
label: Type
content: Engraving
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black ink on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 × 17.2 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.)