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Title: The Ass and the Fox
Subject: Lion; Ass; Fox
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Chicago; Ancient Greece; United States
Description: To the right, there is a lion looking to the left on the ground. Where a small fox is looking back at it. The fox is slightly bending away from the lion, as though intimidated by him. In the distance, near tall palm trees and possibly a shore, an ass stands on the far-left side of the image, looking at the fox and lion exchanging words.
Image Creator: John Greenaway (Engraver); Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend (Translator)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:26813
Language: eng
Source Name: Three hundred and fifty Aesop's fables
Parent Collection: 1882 Chicago
Image: mta_26813_OBJ.jpg