Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A peacock is bitten to death by a weasel with an apprehensively looking crowd of birds watching the gruelling scene from the safety of tree. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
A peacock is bitten to death by a weasel with an apprehensively looking crowd of birds watching the gruelling scene from the safety of tree. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
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A peacock is bitten to death by a weasel with an apprehensively looking crowd of birds watching the gruelling scene from the safety of tree. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

Johann Elias Ridinger

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Fabul: VIII: Andere verachtender Stolz wird selbst zu schanden. J. E. Ridinger inv. sculp. et excud.

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