Hollar, Wenceslaus. [Four caterpillars and a snail]

Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar: 2167
Folger bibliographic ID: 118452
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: Hollar 916
Folger call number: ART 254- 235 no.1
Folger holdings ID: 112300
Accession Number: 254235

"A fat, light colored caterpillar at top; a hairy one rolled in a ball on right, and one extended in lower left corner; a brightly spotted one between; and a snail moving left above." --Pennington

Edition

[State 1 of 3]

General notes

Title, state, and plate mark measurement from Pennington Hollar was active in Antwerp in 1646 From a group of 12 etchings entitled Muscarum scarabeorum

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. Consuming Splendor (ART 254- 235 no.1)

Item information about Folger ART 254- 235 no.1

Trimmed within plate mark. With later hand coloring

Extended title: [Four caterpillars and a snail] WHollar fecit, ex Collectione Arundeliana, deliana, ao. 1646

Snails Caterpillars

printmaker: Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677