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Print

1665 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A horse and a boar confront each other in a wooded landscape setting with thistles in the foreground.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, cut from page taken from The Fables of Aesop, published by John Ogilby, London, 1665. Boar and Horse.
Physical description
A horse and a boar confront each other in a wooded landscape setting with thistles in the foreground.
Dimensions
  • Trimmed to edge of platemark height: 25.6cm
  • Trimmed to edge of platemark width: 17.6cm
  • Image height: 24.1cm
  • Image width: 16.5cm
Credit line
Given by Dominic Naish
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceAesop's Fables. Boar and horse.
Bibliographic reference
The Fables of Aesop.London: John Ogilby, 1665.
Collection
Accession number
E.1151-2008

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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