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The Hare and the Tortoise, illustration for 'Fables' of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier...

The Hare and the Tortoise, illustration for 'Fables' of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engr
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The Hare and the Tortoise, illustration for 'Fables' of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving)
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47) / French
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Private Collection
Medium
engraving
Date
1838 AD (C19th AD)
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The tortoise challenges the hare to a race, which the tortoise wins because of his persistence and the hare's insouciance; fable first recounted by Aesop, it was the 10th fable of the 6th Book of La Fontaine's Fables, first published in 1668; Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95) French author, poet and moralist; le Lièvre et la Tortue;

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art / Corsica / France / Europe / Grandville (1803-47) / 19th century / illustrator / carelessness / tortoise / running / story / morality / racing / speed / line / fables / moral / victory / distraction / hare / race / insouciance / fable / persistence / cautionary tale / pat / children's

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