La Fontaine's Fables in Play · Carlson Fable Collection

Title: La Fontaine's Fables in Play
Description: 1830? La Fontaine's Fables in Play. Vienna: M(atthias) Trentsensky/London: A & S Joseph Myers & Co. 23 lithographed cardboard figures, including six without wooden stands. Original box. Unknown source.

This is one of the great antiques in our collection! Some of the stand-up two-dimensional figures are beautifully done. Set XI apparently still has all five pieces: two of the stag, two of dogs, and one of a trumpeter. XI is clearly SW, with its rider in the wind, a sweating man, and a horse without rider. XIV features a seated man and an ass loaded down. XV has a loaded wagon, perhaps looking for a man praying to Hercules? XVI has a man reaching out and a tree with bushes. XVII has a lonely shepherd and XVIII a man with a stick. Might the other figures come from different sets? What a lovely treasure! The box is marked $400.
Date: 1830?
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