Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Complaint before the Animal King
A small elaborately dressed animal kneels before a much larger richly robed ruler. A red ground and flowering branches frame the tense encounter. The facing caption records the complaint about a torn rib and a cut ear, placing the scene within the animal quarrels of Beasts and Men.
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Jean de Bosschere. "The Complaint before the Animal King" [editorial title]. In Beasts and Men, Folk tales collected in Flanders and illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. Supplied illustrated edition from William Heinemann; Dodd, Mead & Company, undated edition, William Heinemann; Dodd, Mead & Company. Source scan leaf 12. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0258-0003
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Jean de Bosschere. The Complaint before the Animal King. Beasts and Men. Scan leaf 12. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0258-0003