Textile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave; brown dye., Fragment of printed fabric: 6 circular, oval and octagonal pictures each illustrating a different one of the fables of Fontaine on a background of classical columns. LeRenard et le Buste (from Book IV), Le Vieilleur et Ses Enfans (from Book IV), L' hustre et les plaideurs (from Book IX) La Lionne qui a perdu Ses Lionceaux (in Fontaine La lionne et l' Ourse in Book X), Le Sature et le passant (Biij V) and le cheval qui a casse Sa bride (in Fontaine Le Cheval et l'ane from Book VI), Northern France, 1810

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