Recto: Fight between Elephants and Snakes, from Pliny's Natural History (book 8, ch.11-12); Verso: inscription relating to source material, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. An elephant struggling with a serpent, in the foreground. The serpent grasps the trunk of the elephant between its jaws. At right, another serpent, coiled about a tree, threatens an elephant standing behind a tree, center., Netherlands, 1596 or before, landscapes, Drawing

Recto: Fight between Elephants and Snakes, from Pliny's Natural History (book 8, ch.11-12); Verso: inscription relating to source material, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. An elephant struggling with a serpent, in the foreground. The serpent grasps the trunk of the elephant between its jaws. At right, another serpent, coiled about a tree, threatens an elephant standing behind a tree, center., Netherlands, 1596 or before, landscapes, Drawing Stock Photo

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RM2DN2162–Recto, above: Elephants Hunted by Troglodytes [Cavemen], from Pliny's Natural History, Book 8, ch. 8; below: The King of Persia hunting on an Island. Verso: Fight between Elephants and Snakes, from Pliny's Natural HIstory, Book 8, ch. 11-12, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and browno ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper, At top, elephants being attacked by small men equipped with hatchets. In the background, sections of the elephant meat are carried off as the fallen animal is cut up. (Pliny the Elder, Natural History, VIII,8).