Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 - 1628, Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612, Engraving on paper, Horizontal rectangle. An elephant is trapped in a deep pit, in the middle ground. Other elephants carry stones and tree trunks in an effort to rescue him. Inscribed on stone, near left center: 'Ioan Stradanus invent. / Ioan Collaert Sculp.' At lower right: 'Phls Galle excud.' Below: HUNC SERVANT MOREM NATURAE INSTINCTII ELEPHANTIS

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