This trade-card print, dated between 1773 and 1779, illustrates the fable 'The Hare and Many Friends' by John Gay. The scene depicts a hare conversing with a bull in a fenced field, with other animals including a horse, bull, sheep, and goat walking away in the background. The illustration is framed within an oval and rectangular border, demonstrating 18th-century English wood-engraving and fable illustration techniques, highlighting narrative storytelling through print.
GLIX-115-3DRFJFM
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This trade-card print, dated between 1773 and 1779, illustrates the fable 'The Hare and Many Friends' by John Gay. The scene depicts a hare conversing with a bull in a fenced field, with other animals including a horse, bull, sheep, and goat walking away in the background. The illustration is framed within an oval and rectangular border, demonstrating 18th-century English wood-engraving and fable illustration techniques, highlighting narrative storytelling through print.