Recto, above: Collecting Bitumen, from Pliny's Natural History, Book 35, ch 51; Recto, below: Catching Night Moths. Verso, above: Buffalo Hunt; Verso, below: Fishing for Coral in Sicily, from Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper, Recto: upper section: Group of men in two small open boats, in foreground. A galleon in background, left. Inscription below. Lower section: In an open area, a furnace with steam rising from a funnel above it. Figures in foreground. Verso: upper section: Hunting scene. Men on horseback attacking bulls. Lower section: Men in small boats approaching rocky shore. Figures at lower right., Netherlands, 1596 or before, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Collecting Bitumen, Pliny's Natural History, Book 35, ch 51, Recto, Catching Night Moths, Verso, Buffalo Hunt, Verso, Fishing, Coral, Sicily, Pliny, Elder's Natural History, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, laid paper, Recto, upper section, Group, men, two small open boats, foreground, galleon, background, left, Inscription, Lower section, open area, furnace, steam rising, funnel, Figures, foreground, Verso, upper section, Hunting scene, Men, horseback attacking bulls, Lower section, Men, small boats approaching rocky shore, Figures, lower right, Netherlands, 1596, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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