The Rat and the Oyster. Fable CLI., The Rat and the Oyster, print, At the waterline sits a rat with its head in an oyster. In the background two ships. Illustration of Fable CLI, The Rat and the Oyster., printmaker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), Amsterdam, 1773, paper, etching, height 215 mm x width 127 mm, Print probably used as an illustration in one or more editions of: La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables choisies. Amsterdam: J. van Gulik, 1802., sailing-ship, sailing-boat, rocky coast, sea, molluscs: oyster, A black and white engraved landscape showing a rocky coastal scene with a tall jagged cliff dominating the middle ground, a narrow arched bridge or aqueduct running along the cliff face toward a small round tower set among trees, a rocky shoreline with vegetation and clustered bushes below the cliff, a calm sea with a few sailing ships visible on the horizon to the right, and in the immediate foreground a small rodent near a cluster of shelllike objects on the sandy beach.
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The Rat and the Oyster. Fable CLI., The Rat and the Oyster, print, At the waterline sits a rat with its head in an oyster. In the background two ships. Illustration of Fable CLI, The Rat and the Oyster., printmaker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), Amsterdam, 1773, paper, etching, height 215 mm x width 127 mm, Print probably used as an illustration in one or more editions of: La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables choisies. Amsterdam: J. van Gulik, 1802., sailing-ship, sailing-boat, rocky coast, sea, molluscs: oyster, A black and white engraved landscape showing a rocky coastal scene with a tall jagged cliff dominating the middle ground, a narrow arched bridge or aqueduct running along the cliff face toward a small round tower set among trees, a rocky shoreline with vegetation and clustered bushes below the cliff, a calm sea with a few sailing ships visible on the horizon to the right, and in the immediate foreground a small rodent near a cluster of shelllike objects on the sandy beach.

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Rat Oyster Fable CLI print waterline sits rat head oyster background two ships Illustration printmaker Reinier Vinkeles I Amsterdam 1773 paper etching height 215 mm x width 127 mm Print illustration editions of La Fontaine Jean de Fables choisies J van Gulik 1802 sailing-ship sailing-boat rocky coast sea molluscs black white engraved landscape showing rocky coastal scene tall jagged cliff dominating middle ground narrow arched bridge aqueduct running cliff face small round tower set trees rocky shoreline vegetation clustered bushes cliff calm sea sailing ships visible horizon right immediate foreground small rodent near cluster shelllike objects sandy beach

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