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The Crab and His Mother

Artist/Maker Sam Dowd
Date2016
MediumCut paper on board
Dimensionsimage: 30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineThe National Musuem of Wildlife Art Collection
Object numberM2016.044.020
ClassificationsMixed Media
DescriptionBlack silhouettes of crabs (four big ones and a baby)
1 of 25 works commissioned by the Museum for the 2016 exhibition 25 Fables: Aesop's Animals Illustrated
On View
Not on view
The Fox and the Crow
Jocelyn Wasson
2016
The Peacock and the Crane
Emily Boespflug
2016
The Dog and the Wolf
Haley Badenhop
2016
The Mice in Council
Greta Gretzinger
2016
The Foxes and the River
Erin C. O'Connor
2016
Running Wild
Sam Easterson
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
Black Wolf  Society
Terrance Guardipee
Untitled - Crab and Lobster
Gerard de Lairesse
c. 1719, printed 1729