Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

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[1563]
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26267i
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Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Antwerp] : Philipp Galle, [1563]

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 18.7 x 23.9 cm

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Nec nisi diverso generifera bella leones,/ Immanésve cient ursi: at furiosa nocendi/ Mutuum in exitium mortalibus arma cupido/ Suggerit, & dextras studet incestare cruore. P. Gal. ... Bears number: VI

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One of a series of six engravings on the infirmities and sufferings of mankind (frame nos. 7805-7810)

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Wellcome Collection 26267i

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