Etched state of an engraving by Gillot issued as a headpiece illustration on page 153 (Book III, fable 6), of M. de la Motte's "Fables nouvelles" (Paris : Gregoire Dupuis, 1719).
Sheet closely trimmed within plate mark.
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Illustration shows a landscape with a river flowing across it, and an ox standing at left, conversing with a beaver at right, both on the border of the river; beyond, trees at left and the outlines of hills at right.