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A large elephant with a monkey on its back and various flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
Wellcome Collection

A large elephant with a monkey on its back and various flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/71293 · 1663

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Lettering: Elephant ; Elephas ; a palmes ; simia a munkie corona imperialis / crown imperiall ; martigone ; duplex caltha / double / daffidello ; a grashopper cicada ; W. Hollar inv. et sculp. ; Peter Stent exc.

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