Besoin d'un plus petit, Lion and Mouse Postcard, 1955
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
- 1955
Extent
.5 Linear Feet : Postcard playing humorously on La Fontaine's moral for LM: "On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi."
Language of Materials
French
Abstract
The middle-aged couple has gone out leaving grandpa, their child, and three dogs at home. The child has used his car to pull a pulley around the lamp to raise grandpa up so that he can get at the jar of sausages on top of a cabinet. I wish I could make out the rest of the artist's name after "Jean du." Nice use of color! I am surprised at the English translation of La Fontaine's moral.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
$5 from an unknown source, Feb., '22.
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository