The Crab and Its Mother (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Object Number: 20.81.1.68
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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