La mort et le mourant, Noël Le Mire

Engraving made by noël le mire after a drawing by jean-baptiste oudry representing the fable death and the dying by jean de la fontaine (fable 1 of book viii). This engraving appeared in the complete edition of la fontaine's fables, published in four volumes by the publisher desaint & saillant, rue saint jean de beauvais in paris, 1755-1759. Medium: engraving. Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Le Mire-Oudry-La Fontaine-La mort et le mourant