Kempenaar Oriental Dutch - Series C, 1900
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
- 1900
Extent
42 Cards : 24 out of a series of 24 cards presenting fables of La Fontaine in an oriental style with Dutch text of the fable on the verso. "Elixir De Kempenaar." Druk J.E. Goossens, Brussels. ; 3¼" x 4 7/8"
Language of Materials
Dutch; Flemish
Abstract
Like the Kempenaar French oriental cards, these cards are smaller versions in the style of the Bon Marché Oriental series. While those cards are 4" x 5½", these are 3¼" x 4 7/8". The cards are numbered "1" through "24" in "Reeks C" on the bottom of the verso. "Elixir De Kempenaar" is on both sides of each card. The picture side includes a small cameo of a couple enjoying the elixir. The verso of each also "Druk J.E. Goossens, Brussels," and the text of its fable. Like the French oriental cards, these cards are as beautiful as their larger counterparts. These cards add an oval in the lower left or right: apparently a man with a pitchfork and a seated woman are both drinking Elixir De Kempenaar. The border of each card has its own intricate oriental pattern. Somehow I have managed to pull together a complete set of 24!
DLS
Stag in the Vineyard
Oyster & Litigants
Horse & Stag
FWT
Angler & Small Fish
2 Bulls & Frogs
Old Man & Ass
AD
Horse & Ass
Saying of Socrates
Camel & Flotsam
Fox & Bust
Hunter & Lion
DS
Coach & Fly
Stag & Pool
Two Friends
BC
LM
TB
Thieves & Ass
Two Mules
Death & Unhappy Man
Repository Details
Part of the Creighton University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections Repository