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A fable is a very brief story designed to teach some lesson or moral using animals, birds or insects. Aesop was the best known teller of fables in Ancient Greece and many of his stories are familiar. He is thought to have lived around 600 BC and to have been a freed slave from Thrace. Many of his fables were re-written by the poet Babrius in the first century AD and the fables we read today are based on Barbrius's work. Here Landseer refers to the fable of 'The Fox and the Stork'. In this fable, a fox invited a stork to dinner. Wishing to play a practical joke, he provided thin soup in a shallow dish. The fox lapped this up but the stork was helpless. She rose from the table as hungry as she had sat down. She asked him to accept a return of hospitality the next day.
Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Salford
Title
Aesop Composing His Fables
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 100.5 x W 125 cm
Accession number
1932-39
Acquisition method
gift from Merton Frankenburg, Esq.
Work type
Painting
Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WU England
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