Engraving by Gillot issued as a headpiece illustration on page 254 (Book IV, fable 14), of M. de la Motte's "Fables nouvelles" (Paris : Gregoire Dupuis, 1719).
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 camel, loaded with bundles, led by a Turk, walking on a rug; this figure holds the camel with his left hand, and points his finger with his right hand; at left, a Turk lays down the edge of the rug; behind him, a third figure, holding a rolled up rug.