Le Lièvre et la Tortue, 1940

Item — Box: CFC Postcards Box 1

Identifier: CFC2021.0003.1

Staff Only

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

1940

Extent

1 Cards : Six different French postcards with colored picture on one side and room for a message and address on the other. The visual works are signed apparently by "Jim Patt." A line or two of La Fontaine appears under the picture of each card. Imprimé en France. Paris: M.D. ; Just over 3½" x 5½".

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

"Le Lièvre et la Tortue": Patt's particular contribution to this scene seems to be the presence of a boy and a girl, both apparently surprised by the results. "Imprimé en France." Never used. Again, this card is smaller than the others.