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The Bundle of Sticks, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Crane, Walter, 1900, Publisher's print
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The Bundle of Sticks, from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
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Title
The Bundle of Sticks, illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop'
Description
An older man, wearing a Phrygian cap and holding a staff, sits on the bole of a tree. Three younger men (and one too is similarly hatted), flank him. On the left the hatted one breaks a stick under his knee, and on the right, the other two are attempting the same with a bundle of sticks. The rhyme reads:
"The Bundle of Sticks
To his sons, who fell out, father spake:
"This bundle of sticks you can't break;
Take them singly, with ease,
You may break as you please,
So, dissension your strength will unmake."
Strength is in unity."
Artist / maker
Crane, Walter
Date
1900
Size
17.8 x 18.8 cm
Type
Publisher's print
Location
Art and Design Library
Illustrated page from 'Baby's Own Aesop', a book for the nursery created by Walter Crane (1845 - 1915), and first published in 1887.
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Baby's Own Aesop
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