Sadeler, Aegidius, Gheeraerts, Marcus (I), Praag, Fable of the Harrier and the Cuckoo, A bird catcher has caught a harrier in his net. In a tree sits a cuckoo with a worm in its beak. The fable describes how a harrier laughs at a cuckoo because it eats worms. The harrier is then caught in a net by a farmer and will have to pay for stealing his chickens. The moral of the story teaches that a frugal lifestyle is better than excess., print, book illustration, prints, height 96 mm, width 112 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, English, 1520 - 1590, after print by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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