2-863-465 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

'Fables of Fontaine' Furnishing Fabric, France, c. 1815. 'Le Satire et le passant [The Satyr and the passer-by]; Le Cheval qui a cassé sa bride, [The Horse that broke its bridle]; La Lionne, qui a p[?] ses lionceaux, [The Lioness (illegible) her cubs]; Le vieillard et ses Enfans, [The old man and his Children]; Le Renard et le Buste, [The Fox and the Bust]; L'huitre et les plaideurs, [The Oyster and the Litigants]. Drawings from 'Fables Choisies' written by Jean de la Fontaine (published by Desaint et Saillant and Durand), engraved by Jean Ouvrier, after illustrations by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, manufactured by Hartmann et Fils.