Stephen Gooden

The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine: The Swan and the Cook

1929

La Fontaine's wit meets Gooden's precise engraving in depicting the moment of mistaken identity between the elegant bird and its domestic counterpart.

Medium: engraving

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Stephen Gooden, The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine: The Swan and the Cook, 1929