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The Crab and Its Mother (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)

Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Related author John Ogilby British
Subject Aesop Greek

1666

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Fable of The Crab and Its Mother; large crab at left beside a small crab on a seashore, facing a bay, where fishermen are pulling in a net; settlement and ships in background.

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Title: The Crab and Its Mother (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)

Series/Portfolio: John Ogilby, The Fables of Aesop and Aesopics

Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)

Author: Related author John Ogilby (British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London)

Subject: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)

Date: 1666

Medium: Etching; first or second state of two

Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (24.5 × 19.6 cm)
cut outside the borderline but within the platemark all around

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.81.1.68

Chronology

Central Europe (including Germany), 1600-1800 A.D.

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