S.I.P. WL, Set of 4, 1905

Item — Box: CFC Postcards Box 5

Identifier: CFC2021.0065.1-4

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

1905

Extent

4 Cards : Four photographic postcards – from perhaps a set of six? – depicting "Le Loup et l'Agneau." S.I.P. 175/1-6?

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Abstract

It can be hard to understand the interpretation and the sequencing of this story as it is presented here. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that, on one card, the stamp covers the card's numbering. The other three cards are all in Series 175 and are numbered 1, 3, and 4, respectively. A major clue toward resolving some of the quandary comes in recognizing that this card changes La Fontaine's text at a crucial point. La Fontaine starts his fable with the promythium that the argument of the stronger is always the better and then says immediately: "Nous l'allons montrer tout à l'heure": "we will show that right now." The card with a hidden identifying number has rather "Nous l'avons montré tout à l'heure": "we have shown that right now." I presume therefore that this is the last card in the series. I still have trouble understanding the role of the male in the first and last photos. Is he just a friend sympathizing with an abused maid? What does his gesture portend in the last photo?