Aesop Collection

The Ant and the Grasshopper. Watercolor by Christopher Sanders depicting Aesops fable
AESOP: ANT & GRASSHOPPER. The Ant and the Grasshopper. Watercolor by Christopher Sanders depicting Aesops fable

The fox & the stork. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century

Robot Aesop Simak 1947
Aesop (Clifford D. Simak) A rather sad-looking robot

The Tortoise and the Hare. Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) for Aesops fable
AESOP: TORTOISE & THE HARE. The Tortoise and the Hare. Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) for Aesops fable

The fox & the crow. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century

Aesop: The Crow and the Pitcher. Illustration by Milo Winter from a 1919 edition of Aesops Fables
AESOP: CROW & PITCHER. Aesop: The Crow and the Pitcher. Illustration by Milo Winter from a 1919 edition of Aesops Fables

Aesop / Hare & Tortoise
The Hare and the Tortoise

Fable / Old Man & Death
THE OLD MAN & DEATH An old man, exhausted gathering sticks, calls for Death to take him; immediately Death appears, and the man regrets what he wished for

Aesop / Juno and Peacock
Of Juno the goddess and of the Peacock and the Nightingale - illustration to Caxtons 1484 edition of Aesops Fables

The Goose With The Golden Eggs (colour litho)
5227849 The Goose With The Golden Eggs (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Goose With The Golden Eggs.); © Look and Learn

Fable / Fox & Grapes
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES The fox spies juicy ripe grapes and tries to reach them but in vain; eventually he gives up, proclaiming the grapes to be probably sour

The Hares and the Frogs (litho)
8644730 The Hares and the Frogs (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hares and the Frogs)

The Peacock and the Magpie (colour litho)
8644727 The Peacock and the Magpie (colour litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Peacock and the Magpie)

The Ant and the Grashopper (colour litho)
8644719 The Ant and the Grashopper (colour litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ant and the Grashopper)

The Stag in the Ox Stall (litho)
8644731 The Stag in the Ox Stall (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stag in the Ox Stall)

"the cicada and the ant", after Esope's fable, 15th century (engraving)
PCT4287641 "the cicada and the ant", after Esope's fable, 15th century (engraving); (add.info.: Fable that inspired the fable of La Fontaine eponym); © Patrice Cartier

Aesop - probably legendary Greek fabulist. 1493 (Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel Liber chronicarum mundi)
530892 Aesop - probably legendary Greek fabulist. 1493 (Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle)); (add.info.: According to Herodotus)

Aesop, Ancient Greek fabulist (woodcut)
8626217 Aesop, Ancient Greek fabulist (woodcut) by German School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aesop (c620-564 BC), Ancient Greek fabulist

The Fawn and his Mother (litho)
8644735 The Fawn and his Mother (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fawn and his Mother)

The Old Hound (litho)
8644732 The Old Hound (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Old Hound. Illustration for Aesop's Fables (Harper and Brothers, New York and London)

The North wind and the Sun (litho)
8644725 The North wind and the Sun (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The North wind and the Sun)

The Eagle and the Jackdaw (litho)
8644724 The Eagle and the Jackdaw (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Eagle and the Jackdaw)

The Geese and the Cranes (litho)
8644738 The Geese and the Cranes (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Geese and the Cranes)

The Hare and the Tortoise (colour litho)
8644737 The Hare and the Tortoise (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hare and the Tortoise)

The Mother and the Wolf (litho)
8650782 The Mother and the Wolf (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mother and the Wolf)

The Trees and the Axe (litho)
8644734 The Trees and the Axe (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Trees and the Axe)

The Hare and the Tortoise (colour litho)
8644723 The Hare and the Tortoise (colour litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hare and the Tortoise)

The Wolf and the Stork (colour litho)
8644742 The Wolf and the Stork (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wolf and the Stork)

The Fox and the Grapes (colour litho)
8644741 The Fox and the Grapes (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fox and the Grapes)

The Hare and the Tortoise (litho)
8644736 The Hare and the Tortoise (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hare and the Tortoise)

The Fox and the Grapes (colour litho)
8650781 The Fox and the Grapes (colour litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fox and the Grapes)

Ancient Greek story teller Aesop
3253076 Ancient Greek story teller Aesop; (add.info.: Aesop, c. 620-564 BC. Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900)

Bruin and the Bees (colour litho)
8644743 Bruin and the Bees (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bruin and the Bees)

The Dog and the Shadow (colour litho)
8644739 The Dog and the Shadow (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dog and the Shadow)

The Wolf and the Shepherd (litho)
8644726 The Wolf and the Shepherd (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wolf and the Shepherd)

Aesop - probably legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he lived in the 6th century BC
530890 Aesop - probably legendary Greek fabulist. According to Herodotus, he lived in the 6th century BC. London 1480 (woodcut from Frontispiece of William Caxton's Fables of Aesop)

The Hare and the Tortoise (colour litho)
8651649 The Hare and the Tortoise (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hare and the Tortoise)

The Fox and the Goat (litho)
8650783 The Fox and the Goat (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fox and the Goat)

The Jackdaw and the Peacocks (colour litho)
8644749 The Jackdaw and the Peacocks (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jackdaw and the Peacocks)

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (colour litho)
8644740 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse)

The Fox who had lost his tale (litho)
8644733 The Fox who had lost his tale (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fox who had lost his tale)

The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox (litho)
8644728 The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox (litho) by Rhead, Louis John (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox)

Sideboard, 1868 / 80. Creator: Daniel Pabst
Sideboard, 1868/80. Large walnut sideboard with two shelves, animal designs on doors, gryphons at top

The Story of the Farmer and the Satyr from Aisopus Fables, mid-17th century. Creator: Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
The Story of the Farmer and the Satyr from Aisopus Fables, mid-17th century

The Fox Visiting the Heron, early-mid 17th century. Creator: Frans Snyders
The Fox Visiting the Heron, early-mid 17th century

Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Parable of the Sticks, c1855. Taken from Aesop's Fables and demonstrates the moral that there is strength in unity: the bundle of sticks cannot be broken when they are tied together

Jupiter and the Ass, 1655. Creator: Dirck Stoop
Jupiter and the Ass, 1655. From Aesop's Fables, published by John Ogilby (London: 1665), no. 68

Landscape with ruins, cattle and deer, c.1614-c.1620. Creator: Roelandt Savery
Landscape with ruins, cattle and deer, c.1614-c.1620. Other Title(s): Aesop's fable of the stag among the cows

Satyr, ca 1588. Creator: Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609)
Satyr, ca 1588. Found in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Sleeping Venus with Cupid Watched by Satyrs, ca 1600-1625. Creator: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
Sleeping Venus with Cupid Watched by Satyrs, ca 1600-1625. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Illustration from "Fabulae Aesopi", plate 34 from Woodcuts... 1501, assembled...1937
Illustration from "Fabulae Aesopi", plate 34 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century, 1501, assembled into portfolio 1937

The Fox and the Rooster from Fabulae et Vita (Fables and Life), Plate 25 from Woodcuts... 1929
The Fox and the Rooster from Fabulae et Vita (Fables and Life), Plate 25 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, c. 1500, portfolio assembled 1929

The Man Who Therefore Preached to the Reeds (recto) and The Armed Noble Who... 1929
The Man Who Therefore Preached to the Reeds (recto) and The Armed Noble Who Presumed Much but Did Little (verso) from Fabulae et Vita (Fables and Life)

THE FARMER AND HIS SONS
THE FARMER & HIS SONS A farmer on his deathbed tells his sons that a treasure lies hidden on his farm so that they will care for and dig the earth after his death Date: 1761

AESOP/BLACKAMOOR
THE BLACKAMOOR Thinking his dark skin is only dirt, they seek to scrub him white, but in vain, the blackamoor remains black, catches cold and dies

King Noble the Lion and his Court (wash on paper)
3550939 King Noble the Lion and his Court (wash on paper) by Crawhall, Joseph (1861-1913); 16.5x26 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

A hunted hare is betrayed by farmyard animals. 1811 (etching)
7235868 A hunted hare is betrayed by farmyard animals. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: An exhausted hare chased by hounds is betrayed by farmyard animals)

Wary mice above a cat pretending to sleep. 1811 (etching)
7235859 Wary mice above a cat pretending to sleep. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: Wary mice above a cat pretending to sleep in a barn. Cat and the mice)

The wolf and the porcupine by Roger L Estrange. 1811 (etching)
7235852 The wolf and the porcupine by Roger L Estrange. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A wolf tries to trick a porcupine to remove its quills. Wolf and porcupine)

A fox calls out a quack toad. 1811 (etching)
7235831 A fox calls out a quack toad. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A fox calls out a quack toad. A stag, horse, cow and other animals watch from the riverbank)

A goose insults a pet mandrill in a walled garden. 1811 (etching)
7235874 A goose insults a pet mandrill in a walled garden. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A goose insults a pet mandrill chained to a block in a walled garden)

The Dog and the Wolf, illustration for Fables of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving)
498846 The Dog and the Wolf, illustration for Fables of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47)

A horse and wild boar face off in a pasture. 1811 (etching)
7235876 A horse and wild boar face off in a pasture. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A horse and wild boar face off in a pasture before a castle, in a battle over water)

A bull gores a dog to death in a field. 1811 (etching)
7235873 A bull gores a dog to death in a field. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A bull gores a dog to death with its horns in a field. The bull and mastiff)

A traveller in turban plays dead while attacked by a bear. 1811 (etching)
7235861 A traveller in turban plays dead while attacked by a bear. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A traveller in turban plays dead while attacked by a bear)

A stag with does and fawns. Stag and fawn. 1811 (etching)
7235849 A stag with does and fawns. Stag and fawn. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A stag with does and fawns. Stag and fawn. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop)

Two roosters fighting in a barn yard below an eagle. 1811 (etching)
7235827 Two roosters fighting in a barn yard below an eagle. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: Two roosters fighting in a barn yard while an eagle hovers above)

A flock of sheep wait for slaughter by a butcher. 1811 (etching)
7235872 A flock of sheep wait for slaughter by a butcher. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A flock of sheep wait for slaughter by a butcher)

A young colt tries to stir a mutiny in the stables. 1811 (etching)
7235871 A young colt tries to stir a mutiny in the stables. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A young colt tries to stir a mutiny in the stables. Council of horses)

A pack of foxes meeting in a forest. 1811 (etching)
7235870 A pack of foxes meeting in a forest. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A pack of foxes meeting at the roots of a large tree in a forest. A vixen feeds her cubs)

Old hag seated at the hearth in a hovel surrounded by cats. 1811 (etching)
7235867 Old hag seated at the hearth in a hovel surrounded by cats. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info)

A jackdaw sings on the back of a ram. 1811 (etching)
7235857 A jackdaw sings on the back of a ram. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A jackdaw sings on the back of a ram)

A raven tries to wash to be more like the white swans. 1811 (etching)
7235835 A raven tries to wash to be more like the white swans. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A raven tries to wash out its black colour to be more like the pure-white)

Two owls and a sparrow. 1811 (etching)
7235875 Two owls and a sparrow. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A sparrow talks to a long-eared owl and a barn owl perched on a branch in a stone archway)

An eagle presides over a court of birds in a tree. 1811 (etching)
7235862 An eagle presides over a court of birds in a tree. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: An eagle presides over a court of birds in a tree.A magpie, owl, vulture)

A courtcase between animals, with lion and tiger as judges. 1811 (etching)
7235845 A courtcase between animals, with lion and tiger as judges. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A courtcase between animals, with a lion and tiger as judges)

A donkey brays loudly at prey while hunting with a lion. 1811 (etching)
7235838 A donkey brays loudly at prey while hunting with a lion. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A donkey brays loudly at wolves while hunting with a male lion)

A tailless monkey asks a fox for some of his tail. Ape and fox. 1811 (etching)
7235837 A tailless monkey asks a fox for some of his tail. Ape and fox. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A tailless monkey asks a fox for some of his tail. Ape and fox)

A tortoise overtakes a sleeping hare in a race. 1811 (etching)
7235836 A tortoise overtakes a sleeping hare in a race. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A tortoise overtakes a sleeping hare in a race. The hare and the tortoise)

A cock in a tree outwits a fox, while a dog sleeps. 1811 (etching)
7235834 A cock in a tree outwits a fox, while a dog sleeps. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A cock in a tree outwits a cunning fox, while a dog sleeps in a hollow)

A camel begging Jupiter for horns. 1811 (etching)
7235832 A camel begging Jupiter for horns. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A camel begging Jupiter for horns. The Greek god rides on an eagle. The camel and Jupiter)

A large sow in a pig sty snarling at a wolf. 1811 (etching)
7235825 A large sow in a pig sty snarling at a wolf. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A large sow in a pig sty snarling at a wolf. Sow and Wolf)

A fox watches a wounded tiger. 1811 (etching)
7235843 A fox watches a wounded tiger. 1811 (etching) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); (add.info.: A fox watches a wounded tiger with an arrow in its flank. Fox and tiger)

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"Aesop: Master of Timeless Tales and Moral Lessons" Step into the enchanting world of Aesop, where fables come alive through captivating illustrations. From "The Ant and the Grasshopper" to "The Tortoise and the Hare, " these timeless stories have been beautifully depicted by talented artists throughout history. In Christopher Sanders' watercolor rendition of "The Ant and the Grasshopper, " we witness the contrasting lifestyles of hardworking ants and carefree grasshoppers. This fable serves as a reminder that diligence reaps rewards while idleness leads to regret. "The Fox & The Stork" showcases Aesop's wit as he teaches us about reciprocity through an amusing tale. With each character struggling to enjoy their meal due to their differing physical attributes, this story reminds us that fairness is essential in any relationship. Even in 1947, Aesop's influence extended beyond mere words with Robot Aesop Simak. This mechanical marvel brought his tales to life, bridging literature with technology for generations to come. Arthur Rackham's illustration for "The Tortoise and the Hare" captures our imagination as we witness a slow but steady tortoise triumph over a boastful hare. It teaches us that perseverance can overcome even the most formidable opponents. Another classic fable, "The Fox & The Crow, " warns against flattery from cunning individuals seeking personal gain. Through stunning imagery, it reminds us not to be swayed by empty praise or false promises. A race between Hare and Tortoise comes alive once again in another depiction by Aesop himself. This age-old lesson emphasizes humility over arrogance, proving that pride often leads to downfall. "The Goose With The Golden Eggs" lithograph presents a cautionary tale about greediness; reminding us not to sacrifice long-term gains for short-lived pleasures or material possessions.