The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot

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Artist

Name:: Grandville, J.-J.
Dates:: 1803-1847
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Godard, Pierre-François (aka Godard II d'Alençon)
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Fables de La Fontaine (Grandville), vol. 1
Author:: La Fontaine, Jean de
Publisher:: Paris: Henri Fournier Aîné, 1838
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Description:

As an earthen and an iron pot walk abreast on a country road, the iron pot elbows the earthen pot aside.

The caption reads in the original French: Le pot de terre et le pot de fer.

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