Tel est pris Fisherman 1955?

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Tel est pris Fisherman 1955?

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1955? Tel est pris qui croyait prendre. Fisherman caught by a fish. $5 from an unknown source, Feb., '22.

The axiom comes from La Fontaine's fable of the rat who thought to devour an oyster. The oyster clamped down on his attacker. In this colorful scene, a fish big enough has hold of the fisherman's food and apparently will not let go. I wish I could read the rest of the name of Jean, the artist. As I looked through various translations of the axiom, I settled on this one as the best: "Now the hunted becomes the hunter." But should not the terms be reversed. The hunter has become the hunted!

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1955?

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$5 from an unknown source, Feb., '22.

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