Framed, Hand-Colored Print of "Fox and Monkey" · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: Framed, Hand-Colored Print of "Fox and Monkey"
Description: 1834? Matted, framed in glass illustration of La Fontaine's "The Fox and the Monkey," apparently by Emile Joseph Alexandre Gouget. 10.5" x 8.75". Unknown source.

Here is a fifth form in which I find Gouget's work. In this case, someone has apparently separated Gouget's illustration and hand colored it effectively. The text that would have occupied the lower half of Gouget's page here becomes the verso, enhanced by the swirls that mark his fable work. The illustration finds the monkey at the "before" in this fable, where he seizes the crown. Soon he will be caught in shame in a simple trap and lose his claim to be king. Foxes do that sort of thing! The framing work was done by Romain Barillier in Paris.
Date: 1834?
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