Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Grandville images. Admittedly, she does not look very old in this picture, even though this version of the Latin fable describes her as being a little old woman!
M0859 (not in Perry)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Illustrated: Vetula Lac ad Forum Portans
859. Vetula Lac ad Forum Portans. Vetula, dum in urceo ad forum lac portaret, coepit cogitare quomodo posset fieri dives. Attendens autem quod de suo lacte tres obolos habere posset, coepit cogitare quod emeret pullum gallinae et nutriret, ex cuius ovis multos pullos acquireret; quibus venditis, emeret porcum; quo nutrito et impinguato, venderet illum ut inde emeret pullum equinum, et tam diu nutriret ipsum quod aptus esset ad equitandum, et coepit intra se dicere, “Equitabo equum illum, et ducam ad pascua et dicam, ei, io, io.” Cum autem haec cogitaret, coepit movere pedes et, quasi calcaria in pedibus haberet, coepit talos movere et prae gaudio manibus plaudere; ita quod motu pedum et plausu manuum urceum fregit et, lacte in terra effuso, in manibus suis nihil invenit.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Grandville images. Admittedly, she does not look very old in this picture, even though this version of the Latin fable describes her as being a little old woman!
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Grandville images. Admittedly, she does not look very old in this picture, even though this version of the Latin fable describes her as being a little old woman!
