Fabel van de Rat en de Oesti, Giles Sadler (2), after Marcus Gheeraerts (1), 1608 print A rat on the beach. He sits with his head in the shell of an oyster. The fable describes how a rat in a house grows up but is curious about the outside world. He moves to the beach and tries to eat an oyster, but is strangled by the shell. The moral of the story shows that it is better not to yearn for another or a better life. Prague paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing fables. rodents: rat. molluscs: oyster. beach

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