Plate
ca. 1770
The scene illustrates the fable “The Eagle and the Tortoise,” inspired by Francis Barlow’s version of Æsop’s Fables published in 1687.
Soft paste porcelain
Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
94.103.136
Provenance: The James McHarg Collection, until 1949; [Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, 1949]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1949-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated January 12, 1950 to Mr Klepser); gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994