Recto: Fight between Elephants and Snakes, from Pliny's Natural History (book 8, ch.11-12); Verso: inscription relating to source material, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. An elephant struggling with a serpent, in the foreground. The serpent grasps the trunk of the elephant between its jaws. At right, another serpent, coiled about a tree, threatens an elephant standing behind a tree, center., Netherlands, 1596 or before, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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Recto, Fight, Elephants, Snakes, Pliny's Natural History, book 8, ch.11-12, Verso, inscription relating, source material, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, laid paper, Horizontal rectangle, elephant struggling, serpent, foreground, serpent grasps, trunk, elephant, jaws, right, another serpent, coiled, tree, threatens, elephant standing, tree, center, Netherlands, 1596, landscapes, Drawing, Drawing
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