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The Tortoise and the Frogs (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)

Author Related author John Ogilby British
Subject Aesop Greek
1665
Not on view
The fable of the tortoise and the frogs; a tortoise and several frogs on a riverbank at left, eels and other fish feeding on the softbodied frogs swimming in the stream; tall trees on the far side of the river at right, a wagon pulled by horses
travels from left to right in the middle distance.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Tortoise and the Frogs (from John Ogilby, "The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations," London, 1665)
  • 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: 1665
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 9/16 in. (21.9 × 16.6 cm)
    cut outside the borderline but within the platemark all around
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.81.1.65
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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