The Carl Crossman Collection Online
Description:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677),After Francis Cleyn (German, 1582-1658)
Two Framed Engravings: The Ox and the Frog and Lion and Mouse, from John Ogilby's The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations, London, 1665. The Ox and the Frog titled in the margin l.c. within the plate, number "13" printed l.r. within the plate, plate size 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.; Lion and Mouse signed "W. Hollar fecit" within the plate l.c., numbered "9" within the plate l.r., plate size 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. Condition: Scattered foxing, gentle cockling to Lion.
Estimate $50-100
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