Le Roi des animaux Les Fables de La Motte
Printmaker: Gillot, Claude
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1719
One of 68 plates originally conceived as book-illustatrations for 'Fables Nouvelles Dédiées au Roi par M. De La Motte, de l'Académie Françoise, Avec un Discours sur la Fable' (1719, Dupuis, Paris). This plate appeared on p.206 (Book IV). See 24.K.12-236 for a later state with additional work to the plate.
Accession number: 24.K.12-235
Primary reference Number: 181981
Populus (Gillot): 70 I/II
BN Inventaire (18thC): 70
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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