The tortoise and the frogs published 1665

RCIN 802101

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Description

A tortoise and several frogs at edge of pool in foreground in which eels are devouring other frogs. Beyond, a covered wagon, hauled by seven horses towards right is crushing a tortoise beneath rear wheel. Plate to Aesop's Fables.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)

After
Search the collection Francis Cleyn (1582-1658)
(designer)

Search the collection Ogilby, John: London
(publisher)
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Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Reptiles
Tortoises
Amphibians
Frogs

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