Recto: Alexander the Great watching a Fight between his Dog, and Elephant, and a Lion; Verso: Verso: inscription relating to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Book 8, ch. 61, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and grey-brown wash on white laid paper, Alexander the Great watches from one of three boxes shown in the background. A foot of a dog is shown below, at right., Italy, 1596 or before, figures, Drawing

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