"DO NOT TRUST FLATTERERS." Intaglio Etching r, 5 inch by 7 inch

"DO NOT TRUST FLATTERERS." Etching, 5 inches by 7 inch 

Hand-painted original etching, each is unique. Each print is painstakingly hand-painted with watercolors and hand-made gold pigment watercolor. Each is a unique handprinted original etching and painting.

In many ancient European myth and legends, there was no difference between Ravens and Crows. They were seen as the same bird.

Aesop’s THE FOX AND CROW

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.

"That's for me, as I am a Fox," he said, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.

"Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds."

The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.

"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese, I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers."

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