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Description: | A hart (male deer) is hiding from huntsmen inside a vine. Thinking its pursuers have gone, it begins to eat the vine that has concealed it. The noise alerts the hunters who return to kill the poor animal. This is about ingratitude. If the deer hadn't started to eat its friend the vine and so reveal itself, it would still be alive. It is another story illustrated by Thomas Bewick in his book, 'Fables of Aesop' (1818), p.157. It is also a wonderful example of Bewick's depiction of foliage, each leaf cut separately, and his preference for framing his pictures in pretty oval borders. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1818 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Thomas Bewick | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discoveringb... | Go to resource |
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