The Eagle and the Assembly of Animals. The eagle of Jove appears in a cloud above a group of envious animals including lion, fox, rooster, pigeon, cow, greyhound and hound. Copperplate engraving by William Grainger after an illustration by John Wootton from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

---

Size: 6332px × 5140px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1793, aesop, ambition, animals, assembly, author, book, cloud, copperplate, eagle, engraving, envy, etching, fable, fables, fox, gay, georgian, grainger, greyhound, group, hound, illustration, john, jove, jupiter, life, lion, london, moral, myth, nature, pigeon, rooster, stipple, stockdale, story, william, wootton