The fable's lesson, that no gratitude comes from the wicked, is caught in the wary meeting of the two animals. Bruce etched the subject more than once, and it hangs with other Aesop plates such as The Cat and Venus in the etchings collection.
The Wolf & the Crane
Etching
The Wolf & the Crane is one of Bruce Thomson's Aesop's fables etchings, illustrating the crane that pulls a bone from the wolf's throat and is told its only reward is to have escaped with its head.
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