Charles H. Bennett Prints – Animal Fables & Human Nature

Charles H. Bennett prints turn familiar animal fables into encounters between expressive, human-like characters. Clothing, furniture and gesture make the animals’ actions resemble social behaviour, giving each small scene a distinct personality. Browse unframed prints, framed prints and canvas panels, alongside animal art and black and dark-toned prints.

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The Wolves And The Sick Ass, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Wolf And The Lamb, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Wolf And The Crane, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Treacherous Cur, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Lobster And His Mother, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Lion’s Court, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Lion And The Gnat, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Hare And The Tortoise, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Frog And The Ox, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Fox That Was Docked, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Fox And The Crow, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Fox And The Crocodile, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Dog In The Manger, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Dog And The Wolf, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Dog And The Shadow, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Cat’s Paw, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Ass In A Lion’s Skin, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Ape And Her Two Young Ones, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The Ant And The Grasshopper, Human Nature Illustration, Charles H Bennett
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The animal wearing another identity

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing places a wolf-like figure beside a sheep-headed character within a furnished room. Human clothing and close gestures make the encounter immediately social. Other fables in the collection use different animals to suggest recognisable attitudes and relationships.

The contrast between two characters

The Hare and the Tortoise gives the taller, formally dressed figure a prominent place above the smaller character near the ground. Their different poses help distinguish the personalities within the scene. Looking across the fables reveals repeated uses of height, costume and stance to give an animal a human role.

The conversation and the pictured room

The Fox and the Crow brings two richly dressed characters together within an interior. Furniture and background detail provide the setting without taking attention away from the interaction. The collection offers further scenes of rivalry, disguise, appetite and misplaced confidence through its animal subjects.

Related artists and collections

Compare imagined characters in Louis Wain, narrative illustration in Gustave Doré and the designs of Walter Crane. The wider animal collection offers contrasting observational and imaginative approaches, while dark-toned art provides another visual route.

Read more in our guide to Archibald Thorburn’s contrasting observational wildlife art.