Illustration of one of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat (I)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686-1755 Beauvais) Illustration of one of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine: The crow, the gazelle, the tortoise and the rat (I) signed and dated 'JB. Oudry / 1733' brush and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, with fictive mount 12¼ x 10 in. (31 x 25.3 cm.)