Mythical beast carrying its young beneath its tail

Design No. 222807Archival & CollageTopsell’s Beasts & Serpents

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Mythical beast carrying its young beneath its tail

Design no. 222807

Rhinoceros, unicorn and lynx: the beasts of Topsell’s 1658 bestiary, cut in bold, confident line.

Design no.: 222807
Department: Archival & Collage
Collection: Topsell’s Beasts & Serpents
Source: Edward Topsell, after Conrad Gessner, The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents (London, 1658), page 511
Illustrator: Anonymous woodcut engravers, after Gessner and others
Technique: Woodcut
Style: Topsell’s beast cuts: thick vigorous line, heavy hatching
Subject: Animals, Monsters & marvels
Colour: Black on cream as standard
Form: Single tile
Symmetry: Asymmetric
Complexity: Complex