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Engraved plate showing a boar at left, a thistle in the centre, a mastiff at right, with raspberries, a lily and insects around them.

Boar, thistle and mastiff in a 17th-century engraved plate

An engraved natural-history plate with a spiny thistle rising in the centre, a bristly boar at left facing a mastiff at right. Raspberry sprigs, a lily, and small insects fill the margins, with Latin and English plant and animal labels printed above and below.

Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar
Date
[1674]
Medium
Book illustrations Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2467 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1674.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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