The Crab and Its Mother (from John Ogilby, "Aesopics or a Second Colllection of Fables," 1668)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John Ogilby|Aesop|Wenceslaus Hollar
Artist bio: British, Forfarshire 1600–1676 London|Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE|Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London
Artist role: Author|Subject|Artist
Artist nationality: British|Greek|Bohemian
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
Accession year: 1920