"I hope to prove one day that in the hands of a magpie, a feather is no less valuable than in the claws of a wolf or the legs of a fox " from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals

Honoré de Balzac|Andrew Best Leloir|J. J. Grandville

ca. 1837–47 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

"I hope to prove one day that in the hands of a magpie, a feather is no less valuable than in the claws of a wolf or the legs of a fox " from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals — Honoré de Balzac|Andrew Best Leloir|J. J. Grandville
Artist
Honoré de Balzac|Andrew Best Leloir|J. J. Grandville
Date
ca. 1837–47
Medium
Wood engraving
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
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