Ernest Nister, 1903

File — Box: CFC Postcards Box 2

Identifier: CFC2018.0353

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

1903

Extent

4 Cards : English-language satiric and humorous presentations of fables. Series 41. Printed in Bavaria. Ernest Nister, London.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

FC. Postmarked in Southhampton in 1904. £1.75 from Mole Postcards, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, through Ebay, Jan., '01.The fable starts in traditional fashion. The crow replies to the fox's flattering request by saying that she has a cold and never sings without her music. She also mentions that she has read Aesop, and she places the cheese in a safe place in the tree. The fox on leaving remarks that Welsh rabbits never agreed with him. There are four morals drawn, including "that Invitation is not Always the Sincerest Flattery" and "that the Aim of Art is to Conceal Disappointment." Nister's colored presentation of the crow is very good. One extra copy postmarked 1906 in Sydney.

"The Kind-Hearted She-Elephant." Postmarked 1906 in Sydney. An elephant carelessly steps on a mother partridge and feels so bad about orphaning her young that she sits on them too. Nister's color portrayal is again very good.

"The Prudent Tiger." Postmarked 1906 in Sydney. A wise tiger refrains from devouring a funeral procession. He lets the deceased become a martyr and has a regular supply of pilgrims for breakfast for the rest of his days. Moral: "Beware of Breaking the Egg that Hatches the Golden Goose."