Print, LES MANGEURS DE FIGUES. / Vie d’Esope

This is a Print. It was after Hubert-François Gravelot and print maker: Jacques Bacheley. It is dated mid- 18th–late 18th century and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is inscribed

Lettered lower left in plate: Quand je vois regorger ces avaleurs de figures, / Je dis de ces traitans de notre sang nourris:; lettered lower right in plate: Quel Sage, dévoilant leurs funestes intrigues, / Pourra leur faire un jour, rendre ce qu’ils ont pris?; lettered lower centre in plate: LES MANGEURS DE FIGUES. / Vie d’Esope.; numbered upper centre in plate: 4; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 31 / 180

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