A tortoise is surrounded by frogs on the shore of a lake in which eels are devouring other frogs
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| Caption | A tortoise is surrounded by frogs on the shore of a lake in which eels are devouring other frogs. Etching by W Hollar for a fable by Aesop. Illustration of the fable "The tortoise and the frogs" by Aesop, translated and paraphrased by J Ogilby In the background the cart drawn by seven horses with a farmer walking ahead is crushing a tortoise beneath the rear wheel. Contributors: Aesop.; Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677). Work ID: h4qtt2xw. |
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| Artwork medium | etching |
| Credit | Wellcome Collection |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) |
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