Four Caterpillars and a Snail
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Butterflies and Insects, Muscarum scarabeorum, Twelve plates
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Artist bio: Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Bohemian
Date: 1646
Medium: Etching; first state of three
Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (8 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 3 11/16 in. × 5 in. (9.3 × 12.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Insects|Snails