498847 The Wolf and the Lamb, illustration for \'Fables\' of La Fontaine, published by H. Fournier Aine, 1838 (engraving) by Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-47); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fable from Aesop and recounted in La Fontaine\'s Fables, first published in 1668; Jean de la Fontaine (1621-95) French author, poet and moralist; le Loup et l\'Agneau; a lamb is caught and eaten by a wolf, who initially justifies his action by accusing the lamb of misdemeanours; the moral of this fable is that a tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny, and it is useless for the innocent to try by reasoning to get justice, when the oppressor intends to be unjust;); French, out of copyright.