A stag hiding in a haystack is discovered by the pitchfork of the farmhand; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

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A stag hiding in a haystack is discovered by the pitchfork of the farmhand; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Illustration of the fable "The stag in the cowshed" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J. Ogilby

The scene takes place in barn with cattle feeding at the trough, a crowd of peasants coming through the barn door and a hunt taking place outside

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1 print : etching ; image 22.2 x 16.6 cm

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R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 56

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Wellcome Collection 39682i

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