Ants are swarming around the base of a hollow tree while the queen ant is talking to a grashopper. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby.

  • Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
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1666
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39841i
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Ants are swarming around the base of a hollow tree while the queen ant is talking to a grashopper. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by J. Ogilby. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Illustration of the fable "The ant and the grashopper" by J. Ogilby

The queen ant is wearing a crown

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1 print : etching ; image 24.8 x 20 cm

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W. Hollar fecit 1666

References note

R. Pennington, A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of W. Hollar, Cambridge 1982, p. 60

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Wellcome Collection 39841i

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