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Francis Barlow (1626?-1702)
James Kirk (etcher, ?-1791)
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A fox carrying a flaming torch in its mouth is climbing up a tree in order to reach the eagle's nest in which an eagle is about to feed the eaglets with a cub, to illustrate a fable of Aesop.
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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