Dog and Wolf from an edition of Charles Bennett's fables, 1870
Scope and Contents
The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.
From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.
This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.
Dates
- 1870
Extent
1 Linear Feet : Matted hand-colored illustration of DW, a page from an edition of Charles Bennett's fables, engraved by Swain.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The colors are excellent, down to golden buckles on the natty dog's shoes. The red-polka-dotted golden scarf of the Wolf is also well rendered here. Painting a Bennett scene brings up some good questions. I have, for example, noticed the hands of both animals for the first time. Might I be noticing them because they are the only flesh-colored items in the picture?
Immediate Source of Acquisition
$20 from John and D'Ann Stone, The Bay Window Print Locker, Florence, OR, through Ebay, July, '99.
Source
- John and D'Ann Stone (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository